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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lewis summarize the cosmic battle?
(a) The world is equally balanced between good and evil.
(b) God's forces are angels and the living; Satan's forces are countless fiends.
(c) God's nature is to create and give; Satan's nature is to plot and steal.
(d) Good will only triumph through man's actions.

2. What does Screwtape become because he is so angry about the girl?
(a) Weepy and morose.
(b) A centipede.
(c) Unable to think clearly.
(d) Violent.

3. What does Screwtape say is the modern version of gluttony?
(a) Taking food away from the serving table in "doggy bags."
(b) Close attention to dieting even at the inconvenience of others.
(c) Excess consumption of desserts at mealtime.
(d) Excess consumption of liquor at mealtime.

4. What does Screwtape think is the true danger about wars?
(a) Creates heroes and legends people will believe.
(b) Occupies people's minds, making distraction difficult.
(c) Resolves differences among enemies.
(d) Diverts people from themselves to perceived higher values and causes.

5. What does Lewis say is the modern fiend's methods of temptation?
(a) Muddle the essentials of old-fashioned concepts such as gluttony.
(b) Create a false sense of sophistication about life experiences.
(c) Create vanities that become excesses of thought or action.
(d) Convince people the old-fashioned concepts are false.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How can a fiend best use pleasures the patient experiences?

4. What does Screwtape identify as a disadvantage for devils?

5. What does Screwtape believe to be an elementary fact?

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