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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are sincere likings tools of the Enemy? . •
(a) Sincere likings seldom change over time.
(b) Sincere likings nourish the soul.
(c) Sincere likings bond the person to the Enemy.
(d) Sincere likings make the person true to himself or herself.

3. How can a fiend best use pleasures the patient experiences?
(a) Encourage regret and resentment.
(b) Encourage forbidden uses of pleasure.
(c) Suggest more of the same to the point of overindulgence.
(d) Suggest less of the same to create tension.

4. Why should patient prayers focus on the spiritual, never the practical?
(a) Eliminates the need to take action by the patient.
(b) Practical matters and solutions have no place in prayers.
(c) Keeps attention on what he sees as sins.
(d) Channels his energy on useless dialog with the Enemy.

5. Screwtape tells Wormwood to train the patient about prayer.
(a) The best prayers are personal imaginings about God.
(b) The best prayers are measured by review of personal possessions.
(c) The best prayers are measured by the feelings produced.
(d) The best prayers are built upon childhood parrot-like repetition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Screwtape favor prayer for the soul?

2. What is the law of Undulation?

3. What does the Enemy view as true loyalty?

4. What is always the primary goal of a fiend?

5. What does Screwtape describe as the only useful thing about war?

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