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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. How does Screwtape describe the composition of a human?
2. Why does Screwtape want people totally obsessed with the future?
3. How does Lewis suggest the modern person avoid gluttony?
4. Why should Wormwood attack immediately if the patient is happily living in the present?
5. Why should a fiend never use science?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Screwtape encourage Wormwood to play upon the man's disappointment with his fellow churchgoers?
2. What does Screwtape explain is the advantage to having a person always thinking about the future?
3. Why does Screwtape tell Wormwood it is good for the patient to pray for his mother's soul?
4. 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"?
5. Screwtape tells Wormwood the English people are hateful in the abstract but kindly in the concrete. How does he suggest Wormwood use this information regarding the patient?
6. How does Screwtape recommend that Wormwood prevent humans from using their reasoning?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. What does Screwtape explain about the dynamics of a person who is church shopping?
10. What is a central theme Lewis is emphasizing in the context of dry spells of faith?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The classic struggle between good and evil, between right and wrong, between God and Satan is a favorite Lewis subject. Document the basis of what Lewis terms ownership in this conflict between God and Satan.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Human progress is a chronicle of change in virtually all aspects of living to the extent that people seem to think change is not only inevitable and necessary, but also desirable. Elaborate on Lewis' premise that acquired knowledge can be lost from generation to generation because of rapid change. Provide examples of whether this is a favorable outcome.
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