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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one main theme Lewis repeatedly asserts?
(a) Response to circumstances is secondary, circumstances are primary.
(b) The essence of a life is to improve the circumstances.
(c) Virtue always dictate the circumstances.
(d) Life circumstances do not matter, the response is what matters.

2. What do life happenings provide for every person according to Lewis?
(a) A chance to test God.
(b) An occasion to come closer to Heaven or to Hell.
(c) A chance to find or to advance personal success.
(d) An occasion to possibly involve sex or perversion.

3. What is the goal of true humility?
(a) To guarantee God is pleased.
(b) To turn the person's attention to all sinfulness.
(c) To turn the person's attention to God and others.
(d) To guarantee salvation of the soul.

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

5. What does Screwtape suggest to Wormwood if God does not answer a prayer?
(a) Remind that a person has free will; God is just a bystander.
(b) Asking God for things is absurd because prayer has no impact upon the world.
(c) Suggest that God does not intervene directly in individual lives.
(d) Suggest that God is stern and slow to react.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Screwtape, a person can rightfully claim ownership to __________.

2. What is the key point Screwtape tells about time?

3. What is Screwtape's description of the safest road to Hell?

4. What usually brings a person to Hell?

5. When does humor always work toward a destructive purpose?

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