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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. Why does Lewis contend scholars are the least likely to learn from thinkers of the past?
2. How is God's love viewed from Hell's standpoint?
3. What does Lewis label Christianity attached only to its own unchanging precepts?
4. What does Lewis think is needed within a marriage?
5. What is the Judaeo-Christian principle that Lewis reinforces?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lewis describe as the key to success in both the physical and the spiritual sense?
2. 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?
3. Screwtape advises that humans have absurd ideas about time. How does he explain the absurdities to Wormwood?
4. What does Lewis identify as the outcome of modern restless need for change?
5. Screwtape chastises Wormwood that he is failing because the man is praying to God. How does Screwtape recommend Wormwood handle this if the man is going to continue to pray?
6. Lewis contends scholars cause confusion and the result is wisdom lost. How does Lewis explain his thinking on this?
7. How does Screwtape explain that living long and dying old is better for the devils than for a person to die young?
8. Lewis explains that in the end either God or Satan will claim a person's time, actions and ultimately the soul? How does each claim ownership in this eternal struggle between God and Satan?
9. Letter 22 is loaded with humor demonstrating Lewis' narrative creativity. What are some examples of this humor?
10. Screwtape chastises Wormwood for the unsatisfactory ending of the man. What is the description Lewis provides relative to the entrance into the spiritual realm?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The classic struggle between good and evil, between right and wrong, between God and Satan is a favorite Lewis subject. Document the basis of what Lewis terms ownership in this conflict between God and Satan.
Essay Topic 2
Suffering is part of God's will and plan for redemption. Describe at least 5 kinds of suffering as humans define it. Then, elaborate upon whether each type has a group counterpart, such as hunger. Are there redemptive aspects to group suffering?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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