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

2. What does Screwtape say the Enemy claims is unselfishness?
(a) Charity.
(b) Justice.
(c) Marital fidelity.
(d) Chastity.

3. What tactics should Wormwood use to help people claim ownership?
(a) Pride and confusion.
(b) Anger and jealousy.
(c) Envy and resentment.
(d) Conceit and ambition.

4. As a result of devilish influence, what do people think about "falling in love"?
(a) The idea is completely old-fashioned.
(b) This is the only good reason to marry and have sex.
(c) The idea is only for the young and naïve.
(d) This can happen to anyone at any time.

5. What is Screwtape's view of the patient's new girl?
(a) She is a sincere Christian that in the old days would have been fed to the lions.
(b) She is dimwitted and easily manipulated.
(c) She is of loose character and morals.
(d) She is a sexual pervert who will be a good match.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Screwtape's basic idea about human life?

2. How does Screwtape suggest to use the information he is providing to Wormwood?

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

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

5. What is Screwtape's suggestion for dividing the patient from the girl and friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Screwtape chastises Wormwood for the unsatisfactory ending of the man. What is the description Lewis provides relative to the entrance into the spiritual realm?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What is a basic Lewis theme he illustrates when Wormwood asks is it desirable for the man to be in love or not to be in love?

6. What does Lewis describe as the surest road to hell?

7. Why does Lewis think Christians should be alert to their social responsibilities?

8. Lewis contends scholars cause confusion and the result is wisdom lost. How does Lewis explain his thinking on this?

9. Why does Screwtape advise Wormwood to focus upon the man's courage?

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

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