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

2. According to Screwtape, a person can rightfully claim ownership to __________.
(a) The body.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The time in service to God.
(d) The soul.

3. How does Lewis deal with the idea of fearful feelings?
(a) Fearful feelings always lead to cowardice.
(b) Fearful feelings are not serious unless they result in acts of cowardice.
(c) Fearful feelings always befuddle human thinking.
(d) Fearful feelings are not natural to humans.

4. What does Lewis think is required to sustain a marriage?
(a) Strict rules about selfishness.
(b) Modest views about sexual matters.
(c) Real charity practiced day in and day out.
(d) Forgiveness concerning conflicting views.

5. What is the key point Screwtape tells about time?
(a) Time is a gift to be used in the service of God.
(b) Nobody really knows what time it is.
(c) Time is a silly measure invented by mankind.
(d) People do not truly understand time and how to use it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis suggest is a person's reward for doing one's duty?

2. Why does Screwtape advise that unselfishness is fertile ground for marital strife?

3. How does Screwtape instruct Wormwood to take advantage of suffering?

4. What is an effective tactic to remove people from close encounters with Jesus?

5. What does Screwtape say about cowardice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lewis again demonstrates cutting humor in letter 24 concerning the child who thinks whatever is used in her house is the "normal" one and anything used by the neighbors is "not normal", or the hunting dog who thinks it understands firearms simply because it enjoys hunting with the master. What is the point Lewis is making with these humorous examples?

2. How does Lewis portray the man as representative of humankind?

3. Lewis says mental escape hatches undermine people in every endeavor that requires courage and perseverance. What does he mean by this and how do mental escape hatches work?

4. Rather than "falling" into anything, what does Lewis see as sensible marriage without influence from Hell and devils?

5. Why does Screwtape say it is always a good tactic to use Christianity as a means to an end?

6. How does Screwtape regard the human restlessness for change, as a positive or a negative?

7. How does Screwtape describe to Wormwood the basic eternal conflict between God and devils?

8. What does Lewis identify as the outcome of modern restless need for change?

9. Lewis points out that a virtue that is not upheld when needed is not a virtue at all. What are his instructions to Wormwood to prepare for such situations?

10. What does Lewis describe as the key to success in both the physical and the spiritual sense?

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