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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it best to discourage belief in fiends?
(a) Non-belief makes it easier to believe in materialism.
(b) Non-belief makes a patient lazy and unimaginative.
(c) Belief makes fiends lazy and unimaginative.
(d) Belief by patients leads to fiend failure

2. How does Screwtape describe the composition of a human?
(a) Half spirit and half animal.
(b) Untamed willful creature of passions.
(c) Dull to the senses, awaiting stimulation.
(d) Constant inclination to comfort and materialism.

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

4. What does Screwtape say is another sign of gluttony in addition to overconsumption?
(a) Crankiness if denied one's way.
(b) Choosing to eat alone whenever possible.
(c) Rude manners at table.
(d) Absence of pleasant conversation at table.

5. What is one of the best fiend tactics to use during spiritual dullness?
(a) Overindulgence in food and sex.
(b) Childish prayers to combat sexual temptation.
(c) Sexual exploits.
(d) Pointless sexual daydreams.

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

7. Why does Screwtape distrust church in general?
(a) Church brings too many different elements together in harmony.
(b) Church is good for the soul.
(c) Church can make a person feel happy.
(d) Church can encourage the young.

8. How can a fiend best use pleasures the patient experiences?
(a) Encourage forbidden uses of pleasure.
(b) Suggest more of the same to the point of overindulgence.
(c) Suggest less of the same to create tension.
(d) Encourage regret and resentment.

9. How does Lewis suggest the modern person avoid gluttony?
(a) Take what is offered with humility and gratitude.
(b) Satisfy the appetites before joining others.
(c) Satisfy the appetites after departing from others.
(d) Diet constantly, consume very little.

10. What does Screwtape say is the root of the sin of gluttony?
(a) Ideas of superiority.
(b) Desire to offend.
(c) Impatience.
(d) Selfishness and lack of consideration.

11. What is the law of Undulation?
(a) The life of a human is a series of peaks and troughs.
(b) Humans usually forget things, then repeat those same actions.
(c) Good times are always followed by regret.
(d) The human mindset often follows the seasonal changes.

12. How should the fiend encourage the patient to think about malice and benevolence?
(a) Malice toward the neighbors, benevolence toward those remote and unknown.
(b) Malice toward declared enemies of war, benevolence to injured.
(c) Malice toward war leaders, benevolence to people affected by war.
(d) Malice toward those remote and unknown, benevolence toward the neighbors.

13. Screwtape advises that which of these pairings especially help to barricade the patient mind against the Enemy?
(a) Grief and sadness.
(b) Suspense and anxiety.
(c) Envy and jealousy.
(d) Revenge and nastiness.

14. What is the worst outcome for the fiend when a patient awakens to self and renewal?
(a) Realizes others are the source of his sinfulness.
(b) Realizes sin has to be overcome to avoid Hell.
(c) Realizes the true self of a human belongs to God.
(d) Realizes thoughts and emotions are more important than actions.

15. What will cause a person to retreat from the Enemy into the darkness of Nothing? .
(a) Accumulation of many small sins.
(b) Repetition of major sins.
(c) Opposition by family and friends.
(d) Repetition of sexual perversions

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the role of the language department of Hell?

3. Which type of prayer pleases the Enemy the most?

4. Why does Screwtape favor prayer for the soul?

5. Why should a fiend never use science?

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