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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) Small betrayals of the true self.
(b) Accumulation of material wealth.
(c) Denial of the existence of the Enemy.
(d) Sexual liaisons and sexual betrayals.

2. When does humor always work toward a destructive purpose?
(a) When humor involves only family members.
(b) When humor mocks the Enemy.
(c) When humor mocks worldly matters.
(d) When humor involves a lack of chastity.

3. What can be fatal to a fiend's plan for a patient?
(a) Virtues become habits.
(b) Malice becomes benevolence.
(c) Kindness becomes benevolence.
(d) Good intentions become habits.

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

5. Screwtape advises that which of these pairings especially help to barricade the patient mind against the Enemy?
(a) Revenge and nastiness.
(b) Grief and sadness.
(c) Envy and jealousy.
(d) Suspense and anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Screwtape says humans living together will develop which of these over time?

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

3. What is an excellent way to insulate the heart from the Enemy?

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

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

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