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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Screwtape instruct Wormwood to take advantage of suffering?
(a) Muddle thinking to conclude life purpose is to suffer.
(b) Encourage a person to confuse suffering and virtue.
(c) Muddle thinking to conclude life purpose is to suffer.
(d) Have the person set limits as to suffering endured that when exceeded causes despair.

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

3. Why is the laughter of joy and fun no good to the devils?
(a) It can become permanent.
(b) It is related to Heaven.
(c) Sets a good example to children.
(d) Creates a longing for more of the same.

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

5. Why is subtly by degrees Screwtape's preferred method of temptation?
(a) Subtly disguises the work of the fiend.
(b) The world will creep into a person unnoticed.
(c) The Enemy has no counter measure to subtly.
(d) The worldly recognize strong fiend tactics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Screwtape think it more advisable that the patient not think about the future?

2. What does Screwtape suggest is a good strategy for ongoing fiend work?

3. Why should patient prayers focus on the spiritual, never the practical?

4. When is Wormwood close to winning the soul of the patient in a faction?

5. What tactics should Wormwood use to help people claim ownership?

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