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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Screwtape think about the patient's mind?
(a) Several layers with the will as the largest.
(b) Pyramid shape with the will as the base.
(c) Separated compartments with the will as the smallest.
(d) Concentric circles with the will as the innermost.

2. According to Screwtape, which is the better way for a patient to die?
(a) In a nursing home among lying doctors, lying nurses, and lying friends.
(b) Tragic accident shocking to family and friends.
(c) Quietly at home, without prayer.
(d) Anonymously in an action of war.

3. What is a reliable tactic to use on a new Christian?
(a) Flit his thinking from Christianity to his neighbors in the pews.
(b) Convince him the world is basically good.
(c) Stir childhood memories of God.
(d) Convince him the world is basically evil.

4. The Enemy consistently helps the patient in which of these situations?
(a) Present and actual suffering.
(b) Calm for imagined fears and hypotheticals.
(c) Grief and sadness.
(d) Imagined daily slights and insults.

5. Screwtape tells Wormwood to train the patient about prayer.
(a) The best prayers are measured by the feelings produced.
(b) The best prayers are personal imaginings about God.
(c) The best prayers are measured by review of personal possessions.
(d) The best prayers are built upon childhood parrot-like repetition.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can a fiend best use pleasures the patient experiences?

2. How does Screwtape summarize that it is fine if the patient only feels renewed?

3. How should the fiend encourage the patient to think about malice and benevolence?

4. What is the goal of true humility?

5. Why is it preferable to focus the patient's mind on the future?

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