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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 advise that unselfishness is fertile ground for marital strife?
2. What is one main theme Lewis repeatedly asserts?
3. What does Screwtape again need to remind Wormwood about the war?
4. What is Screwtape's view of the patient's new girl?
5. How does Screwtape see the usefulness of The Same Old Thing?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is Lewis' concluding characterization of the modern age?
3. What does Lewis describe as the key to success in both the physical and the spiritual sense?
4. Screwtape advises that humans have absurd ideas about time. How does he explain the absurdities to Wormwood?
5. Lewis contends scholars cause confusion and the result is wisdom lost. How does Lewis explain his thinking on this?
6. Lewis points out that a virtue that is not upheld when needed is not a virtue at all. What are his instructions to Wormwood to prepare for such situations?
7. What does Lewis describe as the surest road to hell?
8. What does Screwtape outline as the strategy for instilling spiritual pride in a human?
9. Screwtape chastises Wormwood for the unsatisfactory ending of the man. What is the description Lewis provides relative to the entrance into the spiritual realm?
10. How does Screwtape describe the influence of Hell and the devils when it comes to the idea of "falling in love".
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Factions by definition are exclusionary, and all factionalism is useful for the devil's purposes. Describe the basic premise of factionalism, its function and intent, and why it is essentially contrary to God's plans.
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
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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