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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 is the means to allow awakening in the patient?
2. What type of friendships should Wormwood encourage to the patient?
3. What does Screwtape suggest is a good strategy for ongoing fiend work?
4. How should Wormwood try to develop permanent deceit in the patient?
5. Why is Wormwood told "living in the future" is preferable to living in the now.
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Screwtape think it is not favorable when a person does not care what others think?
3. Lewis asserts that dry spells in faith are an excellent time to tempt the man with sex? Why is sex especially useful to a devil during such times?
4. Why does Screwtape advise if the patient must pray at all, center prayer on his feelings and images?
5. What does Screwtape explain about the dynamics of a person who is church shopping?
6. How does Screwtape tell Wormwood to use imaginings now that war is upon the patient?
7. How does Screwtape suggest the use of pleasure, which clearly is from and belongs 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. The High Command has decided it is better that devils not reveal themselves. How does Screwtape explain the positive impact of that decision?
10. Screwtape instructs that not all humor is useful to a devil, but certain types are especially useful. What are the types of humor useful to a devil?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The most basic of devilish tactics is to shift human focus. Relating to this tactic, describe in detail Lewis' premise that a Christian's thinking can have an origin of worship of God, shift to pride in oneself, and then shift to spiritual pride
Essay Topic 3
Lewis describes little mental escape hatches. Explain what is meant by the phrase, how it would relate to devil work if at all, and provide several examples of mental escape hatches.
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