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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Screwtape, which old wisdom is mostly dismissed in the modern world?
(a) People should be prudent about choice of friends and associates.
(b) Modesty in appearance is always appropriate.
(c) People should actively try to improve upon shortcomings.
(d) People should have a consistent savings plan.

2. What sort of Christian does Screwtape prefer?
(a) Christians interested in Christianity and something else.
(b) Mere Christians.
(c) Uncommitted Christians.
(d) Christians befuddled by Christianity.

3. What does Screwtape say is another sign of gluttony in addition to overconsumption?
(a) Absence of pleasant conversation at table.
(b) Rude manners at table.
(c) Choosing to eat alone whenever possible.
(d) Crankiness if denied one's way.

4. What is one of Screwtape's most preferred strategies about the human mind?
(a) Focus on Christianity to the point of overload.
(b) Foster disagreement about minor aspects of life.
(c) Focus on sexual distractions to the point of overload.
(d) Fixate on intellectual abstractions rather than on temporal and spiritual realities.

5. What does Screwtape label as fashionable Christianity?
(a) Christianity concerned with passing trends and fads.
(b) Christianity devoted only to any single subject.
(c) Christianity devoted only to social justice.
(d) Christianity devoted only to ending war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of friendships should Wormwood encourage to the patient?

2. What does Lewis label Christianity attached only to its own unchanging precepts?

3. What does Lewis say is the modern fiend's methods of temptation?

4. How does Screwtape see the usefulness of The Same Old Thing?

5. What does Screwtape believe to be an elementary fact?

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