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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. What are the pleasures that awaken the patient to repentance?
2. What does Screwtape say is the modern version of gluttony?
3. What is the means to allow awakening in the patient?
4. What is the law of Undulation?
5. What does it indicate when a person is continually church shopping?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Screwtape suggest the use of pleasure, which clearly is from and belongs to God?
3. What does Screwtape explain about the dynamics of a person who is church shopping?
4. What is a central theme Lewis is emphasizing in the context of dry spells of faith?
5. 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"?
6. How does Screwtape recommend that Wormwood prevent humans from using their reasoning?
7. How does Screwtape explain that false humility can be useful to a devil, but true humility can be dangerous?
8. Screwtape tells Wormwood major serious sin is useful but dangerous because it could lead the man back to God. What does he describe as preferable and much less likely to lead to God?
9. Why does Screwtape think it is not favorable when a person does not care what others think?
10. Why does Screwtape tell Wormwood it is good for the patient to pray for his mother's soul?
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
Corruption of language is a favorite Lewis theme. This is an ideal devil tactic because it can happen over time and over many people through usage and can have seemingly endless impact. Describe the evolution of a word corruption and describe how a person can alert oneself to recognize language corruption.
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