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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis think is the key to human dignity?
(a) To center thought only on God.
(b) To do one's duty, no matter what.
(c) To deny earthly satisfaction in favor of imagined suffering.
(d) To banish thoughts of spirits and devils.

2. What is the Judaeo-Christian principle that Lewis reinforces?
(a) "One flesh" is a discussion topic, not a real teaching.
(b) Marriage and sexual intercourse are irrevocable acts, not to be entered into lightly at all.
(c) Sexual intercourse and sexual perversions are not major issues.
(d) Marrying the wrong woman for the wrong reasons can still lead to happiness.

3. How does Screwtape instruct Wormwood to use the horrors of war?
(a) Use the scenes of horror to provke anger toward God.
(b) Use the horror that happens to create hateful thoughts of more horror.
(c) Use the scenes of horror to induce cowardice.
(d) Let humans think that only horror is real, goodness and beauty are not equally real.

4. How does Screwtape suggest to use the information he is providing to Wormwood?
(a) Introduce the serious sin of spiritual pride.
(b) Suggest the girl is flawed and not capable of fidelity.
(c) Instill distrust in the patient toward the girl and family.
(d) Instill false pride in the patient about his relationship with the girl.

5. Why does Lewis contend scholars are the least likely to learn from thinkers of the past?
(a) Scholars understand things only from one aspect of training.
(b) The public expects scholars to discover newness in the old and the known.
(c) Scholars confuse each other.
(d) Scholars rarely ask if the content is true and befuddle themselves with contexts and categories.

6. How does Lewis describe the similarity of birth and death?
(a) Two interruptions in the world of pure spirit.
(b) A person cannot remember either occurrence.
(c) A person has to do both alone.
(d) Pain followed by rejoicing.

7. What does Lewis advise is the outcome of lack of commitment to important matters?
(a) Strong possibility of failure.
(b) Strong possibility of worldly success.
(c) A life of befuddled underachievement.
(d) A life lived mostly free of stress.

8. What does Lewis label the greatest sin of the age?
(a) Factional divisions and hatred among Christians.
(b) Lack of goals and visions of improvements.
(c) Allowing senseless ideas and groups to flourish.
(d) Lack of agreement about the reasons societies decline.

9. What is a very helpful satanic idea concerning sexual temptation?
(a) The more sexual activity the better.
(b) Sexual temptation cannot be wiped away.
(c) Sexual abstention is impossible.
(d) Chastity is unhealthy.

10. In Lewis's viewpoint, true love in marriage depends heavily upon what?
(a) Society support.
(b) Good fortune.
(c) Virtues.
(d) Sexual intercourse.

11. What does Screwtape say about cowardice?
(a) Cowardice is a natural human trait instilled at birth.
(b) Every human feels genuine shame about cowardice.
(c) Most humans do not recognize what is true cowardice.
(d) Humans always try to label true cowardice as something else.

12. What does Screwtape advise as war nears the man's home town?
(a) Encourage the man to reckless selfishness.
(b) Encourage the man to hate all humanity.
(c) Encourage the man not to resist, rely upon the Enemy.
(d) Undermine courage in the man because it is the forge point of all virtues.

13. What does Screwtape tell Wormwood is an excellent way to stop human prayer?
(a) Emphasize the successes of dishonesty.
(b) Raise doubts that God exists.
(c) Emphasize unfairness of life.
(d) Raise doubts that asking God for things is appropriate at all.

14. What is one of Screwtape's favorite tricks concerning Christianity?
(a) Propose Christianity exists only to comfort the weak.
(b) Make Christianity a means to an end, thereby creating unattainable mental notions.
(c) Suggest Christianity is a mind-numbing drug.
(d) Suggest Christianity is learned in childhood and is a childish idea.

15. What does Screwtape offer Wormwood as proof that God is vulgar?
(a) He killed Himself on a cross.
(b) He created sex for humans.
(c) He has filled the world with pleasure.
(d) He makes promises to humans about eternity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect about humans concerning change has always been useful to devils?

2. What does Screwtape say is the end result of the devil's Historical Point of View?

3. What does Wormwood's fate illustrate?

4. What is the goal of marrying off a patient to an unsuitable partner?

5. What is a common way a religious person is likely to be corrupted?

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