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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 do life happenings provide for every person according to Lewis?

2. How does Screwtape instruct Wormwood to use the horrors of war?

3. What should Wormwood do to encourage snappishness and increase aggravations?

4. What tactics should Wormwood use to help people claim ownership?

5. What is a common way a religious person is likely to be corrupted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Lewis portray the man as representative of humankind?

3. What does Lewis describe as the surest road to hell?

4. Screwtape advises that humans have absurd ideas about time. How does he explain the absurdities to Wormwood?

5. Why does Screwtape encourage Wormwood to have the couple sacrifice and be "unselfish" toward each other?

6. What is a basic Lewis theme he illustrates when Wormwood asks is it desirable for the man to be in love or not to be in love?

7. Lewis contends scholars cause confusion and the result is wisdom lost. How does Lewis explain his thinking on this?

8. Why does Lewis think Christians should be alert to their social responsibilities?

9. 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?

10. How does Screwtape describe to Wormwood the basic eternal conflict between God and devils?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lewis contends that Christians are generally intelligent, reasoning people capable of understanding God's plan and God's will. Screwtape advises that a basic devil tactic is to shift Christian focus to the mundane thereby lessening or blunting the thoughts of a human. Identify 6 examples of mundane that a modern devil might use to shift modern Christian thinking. Is the mundane an individual internal factor or can it be an external community factor?

Essay Topic 2

Lewis relates that scholarly analysis tends to categorize and put into context to the point where the truth and value of a work is diminished or lost. Explore this idea in terms of modern thinking where context and category have gained importance, while content is not appreciated for itself until it "fits" somewhere. Is this modern thinking actually an outcome of marketing and sales, such as in the music business?

Essay Topic 3

"To thine own self be true" is a timeless adage that reinforces Lewis' idea that knowledge and acceptance of self keeps a person close to God. Explain how the opposite of that adage lends itself to devil work and sinful conduct.

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