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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Screwtape say God does not want humans to dwell on their sins?
(a) This gives too much attention to sin.
(b) This leads the person to drift away from Him.
(c) This leads to repeat of the sinfulness.
(d) This turns them too much toward themselves.

2. What is an excellent way to insulate the heart from the Enemy?
(a) Find fault with all types of humor.
(b) Raunchy jokes about sexual excess.
(c) Flippantly pass off everything as subject matter for jest.
(d) Jokes about the Enemy and his servants.

3. Why is subtly by degrees Screwtape's preferred method of temptation?
(a) The Enemy has no counter measure to subtly.
(b) The worldly recognize strong fiend tactics.
(c) The world will creep into a person unnoticed.
(d) Subtly disguises the work of the fiend.

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

5. When does sex work best in the fiend's favor?
(a) When sex is bereft of love, as a remedy for emotional pain.
(b) When sex involves deceit of another.
(c) When the patient is an adolescent.
(d) When sex is readily available and involves multiple partners.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the mindset that discourages belief that fiends exist?

4. According to Lewis, when should a person be uncritical of other Christians' practices?

5. What does Lewis think is needed within a marriage?

(see the answer key)

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