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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 virtue does Screwtape suggest will be lacking in the patient because of his new friends?

2. What aspect about humans concerning change has always been useful to devils?

3. What does Screwtape suggest to Wormwood if God does not answer a prayer?

4. Why does Screwtape think it is best not to have a person die young?

5. How do devils use the media concerning female desirability?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Screwtape outline as the strategy for instilling spiritual pride in a human?

2. Letter 22 is loaded with humor demonstrating Lewis' narrative creativity. What are some examples of this humor?

3. Lewis says mental escape hatches undermine people in every endeavor that requires courage and perseverance. What does he mean by this and how do mental escape hatches work?

4. The Bible, taught as the Word of God, describes marriage and sexual union as "one flesh", an irrevocable act, and teaches against divorce. What elements does Lewis state work against this classic Judaeo-Christian position?

5. Part of Screwtape's toast at the annual dinner of the Tempters' Training College is an explanation of how Democracy helps devils work. What are the highlights of this help that Democracy provides?

6. What is Lewis' concluding characterization of the modern age?

7. What does Lewis describe as the key to success in both the physical and the spiritual sense?

8. Rather than "falling" into anything, what does Lewis see as sensible marriage without influence from Hell and devils?

9. What consistent Lewis theme about devil work is woven into Screwtape's specifics about women and love and sex and marriage?

10. Lewis explains that in the end either God or Satan will claim a person's time, actions and ultimately the soul? How does each claim ownership in this eternal struggle between God and Satan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Suffering is part of God's will and plan for redemption. Describe at least 5 kinds of suffering as humans define it. Then, elaborate upon whether each type has a group counterpart, such as hunger. Are there redemptive aspects to group suffering?

Essay Topic 2

Circumstances do not matter but rather how a person deals with them is most important, according to Lewis. Modern news coverage and legal trials often delve intimately in to a person's past as explanation for current actions. Agree or refute Lewis's view point by elaborating upon whether such explanations are relevant and, secondly, address whether an explanation can be used for as disguised as justification.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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