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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is a major sin by the patient not always helpful?
(a) Serious sin needs to be repeated for full effect.
(b) Awakens the patient to just how lax he has become.
(c) The nature of major sin can vary from person to person.
(d) Major sin is usually public, lessens impact.

2. What does Lewis think makes a person slave to the appetites?
(a) Strong attachment to what goes into the mouth.
(b) Disregard of the opinion of others about consumption.
(c) Reliance upon dieting.
(d) Vanity about food knowledge and food preparation.

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

4. Why does Screwtape say God does not want humans to dwell on their sins?
(a) This gives too much attention to sin.
(b) This leads to repeat of the sinfulness.
(c) This turns them too much toward themselves.
(d) This leads the person to drift away from Him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a new Christian think about going to church with commonplace neighbors?

2. How does Screwtape describe the composition of a human?

3. According to Screwtape, which old wisdom is mostly dismissed in the modern world?

4. What is one of the best fiend tactics to use during spiritual dullness?

5. What is the goal of true humility?

Short Essay Questions

1. Screwtape reminds Wormwood it is always important to focus on a person's feelings. Why are feelings seen to be advantageous to devil work?

2. The High Command has decided it is better that devils not reveal themselves. How does Screwtape explain the positive impact of that decision?

3. Why does Screwtape encourage Wormwood to play upon the man's disappointment with his fellow churchgoers?

4. Why does Screwtape advise if the patient must pray at all, center prayer on his feelings and images?

5. Lewis asserts that dry spells in faith are an excellent time to tempt the man with sex? Why is sex especially useful to a devil during such times?

6. Lewis contends ideas can be corrupted by corrupting the language associated with ideas. For example, what does Screwtape brag about corruption of the word "Puritanism"?

7. How does Screwtape tell Wormwood to use imaginings now that war is upon the patient?

8. Although Lewis talks about food and drink, what is the eternal truth contained in the message?

9. Lewis writes "...indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts." How does this prose relate to the human condition?

10. Wormwood sees a dry spell in the patient's faith as a totally positive development. Why does Screwtape see this as a shortcoming of Wormwood's training and not necessarily a positive?

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