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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Why is a major sin by the patient not always helpful?
(a) Awakens the patient to just how lax he has become.
(b) Major sin is usually public, lessens impact.
(c) The nature of major sin can vary from person to person.
(d) Serious sin needs to be repeated for full effect.

3. What is Screwtape's description of the safest road to Hell?
(a) Family and friends that enable a person
(b) A gentle slope without turns, milestones, or signposts.
(c) Total disbelief in fiends.
(d) Regular opportunities for sexual liaisons

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

5. What usually brings a person to Hell?
(a) Denial of the existence of the Enemy.
(b) Accumulation of material wealth.
(c) Small betrayals of the true self.
(d) Sexual liaisons and sexual betrayals.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Screwtape, what is typical thinking for a new Christian?

2. When does humor least serve the fiend's mission?

3. Screwtape describes this as one of a fiend's best weapons.

4. Which type of prayer pleases the Enemy the most?

5. What is the wine of fiends to be sipped eternally?

(see the answer key)

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