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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a reliable tactic to use on a new Christian?
(a) Convince him the world is basically evil.
(b) Stir childhood memories of God.
(c) Flit his thinking from Christianity to his neighbors in the pews.
(d) Convince him the world is basically good.

2. What does Screwtape remind is the real business of a fiend?
(a) Foster anger and resentment.
(b) Alienate by word and action those closest to the patient.
(c) Undermine faith and prevent formation of virtue.
(d) Constantly develop the patient's life regrets.

3. What is the origin of all pleasure, including sex?
(a) The Enemy.
(b) Worldly success.
(c) Free will.
(d) Our Father Below.

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

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) Suggest less of the same to create tension.
(d) Encourage forbidden uses of pleasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Screwtape, what is typical thinking for a new Christian?

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

3. Screwtape says the best fiend work is done this way.

4. The Enemy consistently helps the patient in which of these situations?

5. What does a new Christian think about going to church with commonplace neighbors?

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