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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should Wormwood do if the patient begins to think fiends exist?
(a) Suggest the patient converse with the fiends.
(b) Minimize fiendish activity for a spell.
(c) Suggest to patient he is losing his mind.
(d) Suggest a fiend image of something in red tights.

2. When does humor always work toward a destructive purpose?
(a) When humor involves only family members.
(b) When humor mocks the Enemy.
(c) When humor involves a lack of chastity.
(d) When humor mocks worldly matters.

3. What does Screwtape remind is the real business of a fiend?
(a) Undermine faith and prevent formation of virtue.
(b) Constantly develop the patient's life regrets.
(c) Foster anger and resentment.
(d) Alienate by word and action those closest to the patient.

4. What are the best sort of jokes?
(a) Jokes that excuse acts of cruelty or cowardice.
(b) Jokes about science.
(c) Jokes about churchgoers.
(d) Jokes about sex.

5. What does the thought 'religion is all very well up to a point' lead to?
(a) Sensible strong Christians.
(b) Moderated religion is no religion at all.
(c) Free will can define the limits of religion.
(d) Jargon has no place in religion.

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

7. What is the best ally for a fiend?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Jargon.
(c) Memories.
(d) Fatigue.

8. Why is Wormwood told "living in the future" is preferable to living in the now.
(a) This removes the patient from doing anything useful or charitable in the present.
(b) The past can be altered through imaginings.
(c) The future is thought to be remote.
(d) The future cannot be altered by the present.

9. Where do the fiends receive training?
(a) Devil's Workshop.
(b) The School.
(c) Training College.
(d) The Fiend Foundation.

10. 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

11. How should Wormwood try to develop permanent deceit in the patient?
(a) Avoid church going people.
(b) Encourage self-perception as a complex person superior to others.
(c) Participate in church affairs and worldly affairs at the same time.
(d) Convince the patient that the more science he knows the better.

12. Why should patient prayers focus on the spiritual, never the practical?
(a) Channels his energy on useless dialog with the Enemy.
(b) Eliminates the need to take action by the patient.
(c) Practical matters and solutions have no place in prayers.
(d) Keeps attention on what he sees as sins.

13. When does humor least serve the fiend's mission?
(a) When the patient misunderstands the punch line.
(b) When the patient knows actions and deeds matter more than thoughts and words.
(c) When humor is lacking a victim.
(d) When the patient sees humor in all things.

14. What does Screwtape describe as the only useful thing about war?
(a) War brings fear and anxiety to humans.
(b) War usually leads to more future wars.
(c) War separates and destroys families.
(d) War brings souls to Our Father Below.

15. Why should a fiend never use science?
(a) Science prompts a person to think.
(b) Science is too difficult to understand.
(c) Science changes over time.
(d) Science has too many sub-sections.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the laughter of joy and fun no good to the devils?

2. What does it indicate when a person is continually church shopping?

3. What is a reliable tactic to use on a new Christian?

4. Why is false humility good for the fiend's cause?

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

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