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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one main theme Lewis repeatedly asserts?
(a) Response to circumstances is secondary, circumstances are primary.
(b) Life circumstances do not matter, the response is what matters.
(c) Virtue always dictate the circumstances.
(d) The essence of a life is to improve the circumstances.

2. Focusing upon impossible ideals detracts from what?
(a) Earthly happiness.
(b) Marriage for the wrong reasons.
(c) Enjoyment of sexual intercourse.
(d) Enjoyment of images of women .

3. How do devils use the media concerning female desirability?
(a) Display females as sexual objects.
(b) Display females in suggestive poses.
(c) Display females in unflattering images.
(d) Shift male desire from reality to abstraction.

4. What does Lewis label Christianity attached only to its own unchanging precepts?
(a) Mere Christianity.
(b) Modern Christianity.
(c) Fashionable Christianity.
(d) Ancient Christianity.

5. What virtue does Screwtape suggest will be lacking in the patient because of his new friends?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Humility.
(c) Love.
(d) Forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the recurrent Lewis theme concerning the devils and reality?

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

3. What is an effective tactic to remove people from close encounters with Jesus?

4. What does Screwtape say the Enemy claims is unselfishness?

5. What does Screwtape suggest is the benefit of theories about the historical Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lewis identify as the outcome of modern restless need for change?

3. How does Screwtape regard the human restlessness for change, as a positive or a negative?

4. The Bible, taught as the Word of God, describes marriage and sexual union as "one flesh", an irrevocable act, and teaches against divorce. What elements does Lewis state work against this classic Judaeo-Christian position?

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

6. Why does Screwtape say it is always a good tactic to use Christianity as a means to an end?

7. What does Screwtape reveal to be one of the greatest frustrations of the devils?

8. Letter 22 is loaded with humor demonstrating Lewis' narrative creativity. What are some examples of this humor?

9. Lewis again demonstrates cutting humor in letter 24 concerning the child who thinks whatever is used in her house is the "normal" one and anything used by the neighbors is "not normal", or the hunting dog who thinks it understands firearms simply because it enjoys hunting with the master. What is the point Lewis is making with these humorous examples?

10. Why does Screwtape advise Wormwood to focus upon the man's courage?

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