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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why are sincere likings tools of the Enemy? . •
2. What does the Enemy view as true loyalty?
3. The Enemy consistently helps the patient in which of these situations?
4. When does sex work best in the fiend's favor?
5. Why should Wormwood attack immediately if the patient is happily living in the present?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Screwtape explain is the advantage to having a person always thinking about the future?
2. Screwtape reminds Wormwood it is always important to focus on a person's feelings. Why are feelings seen to be advantageous to devil work?
3. Why does Screwtape encourage Wormwood to play upon the man's disappointment with his fellow churchgoers?
4. 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?
5. Screwtape tells Wormwood he can possibly win the battle for the man's soul by getting him to join a faction, any faction. How is this possible?
6. What does Lewis say about a person's present day morality and responsibilities?
7. 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?
8. Although Lewis talks about food and drink, what is the eternal truth contained in the message?
9. Why does Screwtape so heartily approve of the man's new friends that are bright, funny, skeptical, wealthy, and worldly?
10. The High Command has decided it is better that devils not reveal themselves. How does Screwtape explain the positive impact of that decision?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lewis also wrote a book "Mere Christianity." Screwtape asserts that mere Christianity is not favorable for the devils. Explain why Screwtape holds this view. Describe the opposite of mere Christianity and provide examples.
Essay Topic 2
The accumulation of small sin is said to be more damaging than the occasional spectacular sin because the small ones are the true betrayal of self. Specify three small sins and describe how each constitutes the small betrayal, the slow incremental slippage.
Essay Topic 3
Lewis contends that Christians are generally intelligent, reasoning people capable of understanding God's plan and God's will. Screwtape advises that a basic devil tactic is to shift Christian focus to the mundane thereby lessening or blunting the thoughts of a human. Identify 6 examples of mundane that a modern devil might use to shift modern Christian thinking. Is the mundane an individual internal factor or can it be an external community factor?
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