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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are factions to be encouraged by fiends?
(a) Factions foster pride and hatred.
(b) Factions divide families and friends.
(c) Factions suppress positive thinking.
(d) Factions draw people away from the Enemy.

2. What is the name of the illustrated booklet for Wormwood enclosed with letter #22?
(a) House of Correction for Incompetent Tempters.
(b) The Devil Chain of Command.
(c) The Many Reasons God Is The Loser.
(d) Secrets of Sex from Screwtape.

3. How does Screwtape describe an "infernal Venus"?
(a) A woman who satisfies sexual appetites while making life a living hell.
(b) A woman who makes a man feel sexually inferior.
(c) A woman who does not satisfy sexual needs.
(d) A woman that reminds a man of his mother.

4. What usually brings a person to Hell?
(a) Small betrayals of the true self.
(b) Denial of the existence of the Enemy.
(c) Sexual liaisons and sexual betrayals.
(d) Accumulation of material wealth.

5. How does Lewis explain the way to recognize what is not real virtue?
(a) When a supposed virtue causes a supposed sin.
(b) When a human offers explanations of personally held virtues.
(c) When a negative outcome is attributed hidden virtue.
(d) Virtue that is not upheld in the face of threat is no real virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How should the fiend encourage the patient to think about malice and benevolence?

2. What are the best sort of jokes?

3. Why is subtly by degrees Screwtape's preferred method of temptation?

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

5. Why does Screwtape think it is best not to have a person die young?

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