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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Screwtape think about the patient's mind?
(a) Several layers with the will as the largest.
(b) Concentric circles with the will as the innermost.
(c) Pyramid shape with the will as the base.
(d) Separated compartments with the will as the smallest.

2. What usually brings a person to Hell?
(a) Small betrayals of the true self.
(b) Sexual liaisons and sexual betrayals.
(c) Accumulation of material wealth.
(d) Denial of the existence of the Enemy.

3. What does Screwtape suggest is a good strategy for ongoing fiend work?
(a) Allow the free will to seek sex perversions as a phase.
(b) Sex should always be overemphasized.
(c) All pleasures should be encouraged as only a phase.
(d) Get the patient to think in terms of phases.

4. Screwtape advises that which of these pairings especially help to barricade the patient mind against the Enemy?
(a) Revenge and nastiness.
(b) Suspense and anxiety.
(c) Grief and sadness.
(d) Envy and jealousy.

5. How is God's love viewed from Hell's standpoint?
(a) Devious and selfish, totally incomprehensible and impossible.
(b) A useful concept because people unsuccessfully try to "earn" it.
(c) A fanciful notion with no basis or proof.
(d) A useful concept because people tend to reject it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the goal of marrying off a patient to an unsuitable partner?

2. What is Screwtape's response to whether it is desirable for a patient to be in love?

3. How should the fiend encourage the patient to think about malice and benevolence?

4. What does Screwtape think is particularly fun about churches?

5. What do life happenings provide for every person according to Lewis?

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