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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Wormwood close to winning the soul of the patient in a faction?
(a) When the patient comes to believe the faction is part of the religion.
(b) When the patient faction links with other factions.
(c) When factions become violent toward others.
(d) When the number of souls in a faction is extremely large.

2. What is a reliable tactic to use on a new Christian?
(a) Convince him the world is basically good.
(b) Convince him the world is basically evil.
(c) Stir childhood memories of God.
(d) Flit his thinking from Christianity to his neighbors in the pews.

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

4. Which type of prayer pleases the Enemy the most?
(a) Prayer during bereavement or loss of goods.
(b) Prayer of thanks during good times.
(c) Prayer during periods of spiritual dryness.
(d) Prayer directed against fiends.

5. How does the Enemy want the patient to view the future?
(a) As unrelated to the present.
(b) As unrelated to the past.
(c) As part of eternity.
(d) As a logical outcome of the present.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Screwtape suggest sowing seeds of marital discord?

2. The Enemy consistently helps the patient in which of these situations?

3. What are the best sort of jokes?

4. Why should Wormwood draw the patient's attention to his humility?

5. What is the point Lewis is making with the quotation "Experience is the mother of illusion"?

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