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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the fiend's job easier?
(a) When a person is concerned with what might happen, not with what to do.
(b) When a person resents what has already happened, not what to do presently.
(c) When a person is concerned with what to do, not what to think.
(d) When a person is concerned with what to do, regardless of what happens.

2. What is the goal of marrying off a patient to an unsuitable partner?
(a) God loses much interest and moves on.
(b) Maximum misery and a loss of faith.
(c) Sexual intercourse happens infrequently.
(d) Sexual perversion is almost a sure thing.

3. What is Screwtape's response to whether it is desirable for a patient to be in love?
(a) Always desirable, befuddles the patient.
(b) Neither desirable or undesirable, only useful if it can corrupt.
(c) Always undesirable, provides the patient an ally.
(d) Always undesirable, directs the mind to God.

4. Why does Screwtape distrust church in general?
(a) Church brings too many different elements together in harmony.
(b) Church is good for the soul.
(c) Church can encourage the young.
(d) Church can make a person feel happy.

5. What will cause a person to retreat from the Enemy into the darkness of Nothing? .
(a) Repetition of sexual perversions
(b) Accumulation of many small sins.
(c) Repetition of major sins.
(d) Opposition by family and friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does sex work best in the fiend's favor?

2. How is God's love viewed from Hell's standpoint?

3. What does Screwtape suggest is a good strategy for ongoing fiend work?

4. How does Screwtape think about the patient's mind?

5. What can be fatal to a fiend's plan for a patient?

(see the answer key)

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