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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Screwtape advise it is good the new Christian is still going to church?
(a) Keeps him alert to the sins of fellow churchgoers.
(b) Allows him to think he understands all about the Enemy.
(c) Keeps him from noticing his faith is slipping away.
(d) Keeps his focus on empty ritual rather than substance.

2. What does Screwtape think is particularly fun about churches?
(a) To create distractions during church services.
(b) To work up hatred between religious bodies based on mere differences in ritual.
(c) To promote similarities among religions, decreasing options.
(d) To create suspicion about neighboring church actions.

3. What does the thought 'religion is all very well up to a point' lead to?
(a) Jargon has no place in religion.
(b) Sensible strong Christians.
(c) Moderated religion is no religion at all.
(d) Free will can define the limits of religion.

4. Why does St. Paul suggest others should submit to those with rigid opinions concerning church details?
(a) To oppose others is not Christian.
(b) This is part of Christian charity.
(c) To dissent is to divide.
(d) This is part of God's trials.

5. How can a fiend best use pleasures the patient experiences?
(a) Encourage regret and resentment.
(b) Suggest more of the same to the point of overindulgence.
(c) Encourage forbidden uses of pleasure.
(d) Suggest less of the same to create tension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What usually brings a person to Hell?

2. What does it indicate when a person is continually church shopping?

3. What is the origin of all pleasure, including sex?

4. What will cause a person to retreat from the Enemy into the darkness of Nothing? .

5. What is one main theme Lewis repeatedly asserts?

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