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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 believe to be an elementary fact?
(a) Humans tend to become whatever they pretend to be.
(b) Humans can be easily misled.
(c) Humans always at some point distrust the Enemy.
(d) Humans are incapable of setting and keeping goals.

2. What does Screwtape suggest is a good strategy for ongoing fiend work?
(a) Get the patient to think in terms of phases.
(b) All pleasures should be encouraged as only a phase.
(c) Allow the free will to seek sex perversions as a phase.
(d) Sex should always be overemphasized.

3. What is the worst outcome for the fiend when a patient awakens to self and renewal?
(a) Realizes others are the source of his sinfulness.
(b) Realizes thoughts and emotions are more important than actions.
(c) Realizes the true self of a human belongs to God.
(d) Realizes sin has to be overcome to avoid Hell.

4. Why does Screwtape favor prayer for the soul?
(a) Prayer for the soul distracts from reality.
(b) Prayer for the soul cannot be measured, totally wasted.
(c) Excessive prayer without results discourages the patient.
(d) The soul becomes imaginary, the prayed for person becomes less real.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the means to allow awakening in the patient?

2. What are the best sort of jokes?

3. What usually brings a person to Hell?

4. How does Screwtape summarize that it is fine if the patient only feels renewed?

5. According to Screwtape, which is the better way for a patient to die?

(see the answer key)

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