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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis label Christianity attached only to its own unchanging precepts?
(a) Mere Christianity.
(b) Ancient Christianity.
(c) Modern Christianity.
(d) Fashionable Christianity.

2. What preference by God does Screwtape view as nonsense?
(a) Multiple sexual acts should always be repented.
(b) Sexual intercourse is reserved for mature adults only.
(c) Sexual intercourse creates a temporary bond.
(d) Unity in diversity, such as male and female as one flesh.

3. What does Lewis think is needed within a marriage?
(a) Prayerfulness.
(b) Denial of free will in favor of harmony.
(c) Openness to criticism.
(d) Effort by free will to form faith and virtues.

4. Who are "They" that the patient sees at the same moment Wormwood cannot see?
(a) Virtues.
(b) Legions of saints smiling and welcoming.
(c) Good spirits that have been helpful throughout the patient's life.
(d) Life-changing events when angels were present.

5. What is the recurrent Lewis theme concerning the devils and reality?
(a) A devil constantly reminds about the unfairness of reality.
(b) The goal is to divert from present reality to abstract ideas.
(c) The goal is to divert from the abstract back to reality.
(d) Changing to the circumstances can change the reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Screwtape think about the patient's mind?

2. Why is it preferable to focus the patient's mind on the future?

3. Why is a major sin by the patient not always helpful?

4. What makes the fiend's job easier?

5. What is the Judaeo-Christian principle that Lewis reinforces?

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