The Screwtape Letters 28-Toast

Why does Screwtape think it is best not to have a person die young?

• Young souls in Hell are not very interesting.

• Life short in years gives the devil less to work with.

• Disappointments in life and fatigue of fighting the same temptations best prepare a person for Hell.

• Life short in years precludes using the devil's best tactics.

What is the one thing a human struggles with that can lessen with age and help the devils?

• Intelligence.

• Perseverance.

• Chastity.

• Jealousy.

What does Screwtape again need to remind Wormwood about the war?

• War itself is secondary to how people act during a war.

• War itself provokes an increase in prayer.

• War provides a distraction from attention to God.

• War provides opportunity to create heroes.

What does Lewis remind is a reliable road to Hell?

• The lack of response to prayers to God.

• The long, slow, slippery slope.

• The lack of prayer.

• Dramatic sins followed by early death.

What pernicious things does Lewis say can claim a soul away from God?

• Choice of unsuitable friends and habits.

• Abandonment of positive thoughts and hopes.

• A lifetime of prosperity and worldliness.

• Charity and good intentions to the point of obsession.

What is the point Lewis is making with the quotation "Experience is the mother of illusion"?

• There is no truth because everything is an illusion.

• God's purpose of human free will is to create illusion.

• Relying on personal experience can bind a person to their mistakes.

• God allows humans to experience emotion.

What does Screwtape advise as war nears the man's home town?

• Encourage the man not to resist, rely upon the Enemy.

• Undermine courage in the man because it is the forge point of all virtues.

• Encourage the man to reckless selfishness.

• Encourage the man to hate all humanity.

What does Screwtape say about cowardice?

• Humans always try to label true cowardice as something else.

• Cowardice is a natural human trait instilled at birth.

• Most humans do not recognize what is true cowardice.

• Every human feels genuine shame about cowardice.

What does Screwtape advise is the best means to get a person to act cowardly?

• Fill the mind with little escape hatches in advance of the time courage is needed.

• Remind the patient of personal shortcomings.

• Instill thoughts of jealousy and envy.

• Provide historical examples of humans that failed tests of courage.

How does Lewis explain the way to recognize what is not real virtue?

• When a supposed virtue causes a supposed sin.

• When a negative outcome is attributed hidden virtue.

• When a human offers explanations of personally held virtues.

• Virtue that is not upheld in the face of threat is no real virtue.