Screwtape Letters

Screwtape tells Wormwood that arguing with his patient

• is a great way to keep him from becoming a Christian
• is a mistake because it awakens the patient's reason which is one of God's tools to reach mankind
• may work sometimes if they use it to their advantage

One advantage of the Enemy (God) over the demons is...

• that he has been human
• has more power
• can speak louder

Screwtape encourages Wormwood to use all except which of the following tactics to discourage and distract his patient?

• focusing the patient on the five senses so he believes that is all there is to life
• causing him to make a philosophy (way of life) out of the incessant desire for something new
• distracting him with lunch so he puts off making a decision for Christ
• using the troughs of life to discipline and strengthen him because he is a "favorite"
• distracting him by having him focus on his neighbors' failings while in church

Screwtape makes an allusion to which work?

• Julius Caesar
• Frankenstein
• The Odyssey

Screwtape mentions the Law of Undulation. Which describes this law?

• a series of troughs and peaks in every person's life
• a sudden, unexpected storm on the sea
• indigestion

What is the problem with the following statement from Screwtape: Humans are amphibians-half spirit and half animal. (The Enemy's determination to produce such a revolting hybrid was one of the things that determined Our Father to withdraw his support from Him.)

• It is accurate and true that Satan withdrew support when God created mankind. He was jealous.
• It shows the demon's character because it is a lie of Satan to suggest he withdrew support from God.

What does "sic" mean? "The dryness and dulness [sic] through which your patient is now going are not, as you fondly suppose, your workmanship; they are merely a natural phenomenon which will do us no good unless you make a good use of it."

• Sic means there is an error in the text and the publisher is acknowledging it to be clear he did not make the error

• Sic means that this is a British spelling, so we must overlook the difference in dialect.

Read the following and choose the best statement. "The dryness and dulness [sic] through which your patient is now going are not, as you fondly suppose, your workmanship; they are merely a natural phenomenon which will do us no good unless you make a good use of it."

• Periods of "drought" or dryness in a human's life are always unexpected and dangerous because we never know when they will hit or if they will hit.

• Periods of "drought" or difficulty in a human's life may be an opportunity for Satan to attack while we are weak.

"Hence the prayers offered in the state of dryness are those which please Him best....Our cause is never more in danger, than when a human, no longer desiring, but intending, to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys." What most endangers the demons' cause?

• when demon's attack as a group

• when a person obeys by faith what he cannot see by sight

• when it's a religious holiday

• when we choose our friends wisely

The fear of the Same Old Thing..."diminishes pleasure while increasing desire."

• This is irony.
• This is a simile.
• This is an allusion.