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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Screwtape describe as the only useful thing about war?
(a) War brings souls to Our Father Below.
(b) War usually leads to more future wars.
(c) War separates and destroys families.
(d) War brings fear and anxiety to humans.

2. How should the fiend encourage the patient to think about malice and benevolence?
(a) Malice toward the neighbors, benevolence toward those remote and unknown.
(b) Malice toward those remote and unknown, benevolence toward the neighbors.
(c) Malice toward declared enemies of war, benevolence to injured.
(d) Malice toward war leaders, benevolence to people affected by war.

3. Screwtape describes this as one of a fiend's best weapons.
(a) Fear.
(b) Envy and jealousy
(c) Contented worldliness.
(d) Materialism.

4. What is the role of the language department of Hell?
(a) Suggest meaningless jargon.
(b) Promote bad news items to create anxiety.
(c) Promote good news items to provoke jealousy.
(d) Corrupt the meaning of a word, thereby corrupting the idea.

5. Why does Screwtape have little regard for a patient's feelings?
(a) Feelings are seldom important, actions are what matter.
(b) Feelings are usually short-lived and conflicting.
(c) Feelings cannot be combated easily.
(d) Feelings can be easily manipulated by family and friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the Enemy's servants taught for 2000 years as the greatest temptation?

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

3. What is the origin of all pleasure, including sex?

4. According to Screwtape, which old wisdom is mostly dismissed in the modern world?

5. What is the law of Undulation?

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