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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Screwtape believe to be an elementary fact?
(a) Humans always at some point distrust the Enemy.
(b) Humans can be easily misled.
(c) Humans tend to become whatever they pretend to be.
(d) Humans are incapable of setting and keeping goals.

2. How does Screwtape see the usefulness of The Same Old Thing?
(a) Humans fear change, makes devil work is easier.
(b) Humans resist changes, makes devil work is easier.
(c) Humans see sameness as stagnation, constantly seek change.
(d) Humans think change for the sake of change is always best.

3. What does Lewis label Christianity attached only to its own unchanging precepts?
(a) Mere Christianity.
(b) Modern Christianity.
(c) Ancient Christianity.
(d) Fashionable Christianity.

4. What type of friendships should Wormwood encourage to the patient?
(a) People that have few moral values.
(b) People that have many moral values.
(c) People that are bright, skeptical, wealthy and worldly.
(d) People that are wholly committed churchgoers.

5. What does Lewis think makes a person slave to the appetites?
(a) Strong attachment to what goes into the mouth.
(b) Vanity about food knowledge and food preparation.
(c) Disregard of the opinion of others about consumption.
(d) Reliance upon dieting.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Screwtape, which old wisdom is mostly dismissed in the modern world?

2. What does Screwtape say is the root of the sin of gluttony?

3. What have the Enemy's servants taught for 2000 years as the greatest temptation?

4. What is the role of the language department of Hell?

5. What does Screwtape say is the modern version of gluttony?

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