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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Screwtape believe to be an elementary fact?
(a) Humans always at some point distrust the Enemy.
(b) Humans are incapable of setting and keeping goals.
(c) Humans can be easily misled.
(d) Humans tend to become whatever they pretend to be.
2. What does it indicate when a person is continually church shopping?
(a) The person is gaining deeper understanding of the Enemy.
(b) The person is looking for virtues.
(c) The person does not understand the nature of humanity.
(d) The person is looking at churches with criticism and dissatisfaction.
3. How can a fiend best use pleasures the patient experiences?
(a) Suggest more of the same to the point of overindulgence.
(b) Suggest less of the same to create tension.
(c) Encourage forbidden uses of pleasure.
(d) Encourage regret and resentment.
4. What will cause a person to retreat from the Enemy into the darkness of Nothing?
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(a) Opposition by family and friends.
(b) Repetition of major sins.
(c) Accumulation of many small sins.
(d) Repetition of sexual perversions
5. Which type of prayer pleases the Enemy the most?
(a) Prayer of thanks during good times.
(b) Prayer directed against fiends.
(c) Prayer during bereavement or loss of goods.
(d) Prayer during periods of spiritual dryness.
6. What is one of the best fiend tactics to use during spiritual dullness?
(a) Pointless sexual daydreams.
(b) Sexual exploits.
(c) Overindulgence in food and sex.
(d) Childish prayers to combat sexual temptation.
7. Why does Screwtape favor prayer for the soul?
(a) Excessive prayer without results discourages the patient.
(b) Prayer for the soul distracts from reality.
(c) The soul becomes imaginary, the prayed for person becomes less real.
(d) Prayer for the soul cannot be measured, totally wasted.
8. Where do the fiends receive training?
(a) Devil's Workshop.
(b) The Fiend Foundation.
(c) The School.
(d) Training College.
9. 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.
10. Why should patient prayers focus on the spiritual, never the practical?
(a) Eliminates the need to take action by the patient.
(b) Practical matters and solutions have no place in prayers.
(c) Channels his energy on useless dialog with the Enemy.
(d) Keeps attention on what he sees as sins.
11. What does the Enemy view as true loyalty?
(a) Contentment about His power to prevail.
(b) Faith amid materialism.
(c) Adherence to faith during trying times.
(d) Rejection of science in favor of the spiritual.
12. According to Screwtape, what is typical thinking for a new Christian?
(a) Church is full of good people.
(b) He has God's favor by allowing himself to become a Christian.
(c) Neighbors and friends will admire the change.
(d) Life and choices will now be much better.
13. Why is it preferable to focus the patient's mind on the future?
(a) This stirs up emphasis on the unimportant.
(b) This stirs up memories of past shortcomings.
(c) This is contrary to what God prefers.
(d) This stirs up ambition.
14. What is the worst outcome for the fiend when a patient awakens to self and renewal?
(a) Realizes others are the source of his sinfulness.
(b) Realizes thoughts and emotions are more important than actions.
(c) Realizes the true self of a human belongs to God.
(d) Realizes sin has to be overcome to avoid Hell.
15. What are the best sort of jokes?
(a) Jokes about science.
(b) Jokes that excuse acts of cruelty or cowardice.
(c) Jokes about churchgoers.
(d) Jokes about sex.
Short Answer Questions
1. Screwtape says humans living together will develop which of these over time?
2. What can be fatal to a fiend's plan for a patient?
3. What makes the fiend's job easier?
4. What does Screwtape say is another sign of gluttony in addition to overconsumption?
5. Screwtape tells Wormwood it is best if patient avoids this.
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