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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Lewis advise is the outcome of lack of commitment to important matters?
2. How does Screwtape see the usefulness of The Same Old Thing?
3. What does Screwtape suggest is the benefit of theories about the historical Jesus?
4. What does Screwtape suggest to Wormwood if God does answer a prayer?
5. How does Lewis deal with the idea of fearful feelings?
Short Essay Questions
1. Lewis points out that a virtue that is not upheld when needed is not a virtue at all. What are his instructions to Wormwood to prepare for such situations?
2. How does Lewis portray the man as representative of humankind?
3. What does Screwtape reveal to be one of the greatest frustrations of the devils?
4. How does Screwtape regard the human restlessness for change, as a positive or a negative?
5. According to Lewis, what is required to sustain a marriage because sexual attraction is simply not enough?
6. Screwtape chastises Wormwood that he is failing because the man is praying to God. How does Screwtape recommend Wormwood handle this if the man is going to continue to pray?
7. How does Screwtape explain that living long and dying old is better for the devils than for a person to die young?
8. How does Screwtape describe the influence of Hell and the devils when it comes to the idea of "falling in love".
9. Why does Lewis think Christians should be alert to their social responsibilities?
10. What does Lewis describe as the surest road to hell?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lewis relates that scholarly analysis tends to categorize and put into context to the point where the truth and value of a work is diminished or lost. Explore this idea in terms of modern thinking where context and category have gained importance, while content is not appreciated for itself until it "fits" somewhere. Is this modern thinking actually an outcome of marketing and sales, such as in the music business?
Essay Topic 2
Lewis uses the term "church shopping" to describe an individual that looks with criticism and dissatisfaction upon successive churches, seeking one that satisfies a personal preference. All human decision making by definition requires at least two available options from which a choice can be made. Explain why "church shopping" is not the equivalent of routine decision making.
Essay Topic 3
The most basic of devilish tactics is to shift human focus. Relating to this tactic, describe in detail Lewis' premise that a Christian's thinking can have an origin of worship of God, shift to pride in oneself, and then shift to spiritual pride
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