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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 does Screwtape distrust church in general?
2. What is the wine of fiends to be sipped eternally?
3. Screwtape describes this as one of a fiend's best weapons.
4. According to Screwtape, what is typical thinking for a new Christian?
5. What usually brings a person to Hell?
Short Essay Questions
1. Screwtape reminds Wormwood it is always important to focus on a person's feelings. Why are feelings seen to be advantageous to devil work?
2. 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?
3. How does Screwtape explain that false humility can be useful to a devil, but true humility can be dangerous?
4. 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?
5. Why does Screwtape think it is not favorable when a person does not care what others think?
6. 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"?
7. 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?
8. How does Screwtape tell Wormwood to use imaginings now that war is upon the patient?
9. Although Lewis talks about food and drink, what is the eternal truth contained in the message?
10. Why does Screwtape caution Wormwood that innocent laughter of joy and fun is not good for the devils?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lewis uses the term "church shopping" to describe an individual that looks with criticism and dissatisfaction upon successive churches, seeking one that satisfies a personal preference. All human decision making by definition requires at least two available options from which a choice can be made. Explain why "church shopping" is not the equivalent of routine decision making.
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
"I'm as good as you" is the thread of Screwtape's toast and Lewis' premise that the road to hell is through mediocrity fed by cultural numbness. Explain the cultural effects of this thread, especially as it relates to youth and as it relates to the lazy and dull individuals in a society.
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