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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Screwtape describe as the only useful thing about war?
(a) War separates and destroys families.
(b) War brings souls to Our Father Below.
(c) War usually leads to more future wars.
(d) War brings fear and anxiety to humans.

2. How should Wormwood try to develop permanent deceit in the patient?
(a) Encourage self-perception as a complex person superior to others.
(b) Avoid church going people.
(c) Convince the patient that the more science he knows the better.
(d) Participate in church affairs and worldly affairs at the same time.

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

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

5. How does Lewis explain the way to recognize what is not real virtue?
(a) Virtue that is not upheld in the face of threat is no real virtue.
(b) When a supposed virtue causes a supposed sin.
(c) When a negative outcome is attributed hidden virtue.
(d) When a human offers explanations of personally held virtues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What preference by God does Screwtape view as nonsense?

2. How does Screwtape suggest sowing seeds of marital discord?

3. What is the goal of marrying off a patient to an unsuitable partner?

4. What makes Screwtape especially angry about the couple?

5. What does Lewis think is the key to human dignity?

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