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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What have the Enemy's servants taught for 2000 years as the greatest temptation?
(a) Science
(b) Worldliness
(c) Sex
(d) Pride

4. What does Lewis say is the modern fiend's methods of temptation?
(a) Convince people the old-fashioned concepts are false.
(b) Muddle the essentials of old-fashioned concepts such as gluttony.
(c) Create vanities that become excesses of thought or action.
(d) Create a false sense of sophistication about life experiences.

5. How does Lewis suggest the modern person avoid gluttony?
(a) Satisfy the appetites before joining others.
(b) Satisfy the appetites after departing from others.
(c) Take what is offered with humility and gratitude.
(d) Diet constantly, consume very little.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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