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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Screwtape instruct Wormwood to use the horrors of war?
2. What sort of Christian does Screwtape prefer?
3. How does Lewis view the effects of democracy?
4. What does Screwtape label as fashionable Christianity?
5. What is one main theme Lewis repeatedly asserts?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Lewis' concluding characterization of the modern age?
2. Why does Screwtape say it is always a good tactic to use Christianity as a means to an end?
3. How does Screwtape explain that living long and dying old is better for the devils than for a person to die young?
4. Lewis points out that a virtue that is not upheld when needed is not a virtue at all. What are his instructions to Wormwood to prepare for such situations?
5. What does Lewis describe as the key to success in both the physical and the spiritual sense?
6. Screwtape chastises Wormwood for the unsatisfactory ending of the man. What is the description Lewis provides relative to the entrance into the spiritual realm?
7. Part of Screwtape's toast at the annual dinner of the Tempters' Training College is an explanation of how Democracy helps devils work. What are the highlights of this help that Democracy provides?
8. How does Screwtape regard the human restlessness for change, as a positive or a negative?
9. How does Lewis portray the man as representative of humankind?
10. How does Screwtape describe to Wormwood the basic eternal conflict between God and devils?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Corruption of language is a favorite Lewis theme. This is an ideal devil tactic because it can happen over time and over many people through usage and can have seemingly endless impact. Describe the evolution of a word corruption and describe how a person can alert oneself to recognize language corruption.
Essay Topic 2
Lewis contends the human mind can be shifted to focus thinking on an abstract level as a means to avoid having to deal with the reality right in front of a person. Expand on the question whether this reality to abstraction is a permanent feature of American society as it relates to political campaigns.
Essay Topic 3
Lewis contends it is important that a person be aware of their social responsibilities to prevent a devil from causing confusion about Christian duties. This is the basic premise of his book "Mere Christianity." Identify and discuss three examples of modern living where this confusion might be in play.
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