HW Screwtape Letters Ch. 10-17 due on 4/20

Read Screwtape Letters Ch. 10-17

Complete Questions

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Directions: You do not have to include citations for these questions but each question must be answered with a minimum of two thoughtful, detailed sentences.

Letter 10

        1. What does Screwtape mean by saying “All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be”? Explain how this might happen. Give examples that you have seen if you can.

        2. Tell me about the two parallel lives Screwtape speaks of regarding the patient’s friends.

Letter 11

3. Why do you think flippancy “deadens, instead of sharpens, the intellect,” and keeps people from God?

4. Screwtape confesses that he does not know the real cause of Joy. What is the real cause of joy. See John 15:5-12, 16:19-24.

Letter 12

5. Why is having a vague, uneasy feeling that we are not doing well worse for us than recognizing clearly that we are being sinful?

6. What is the “safest road to hell” according to Screwtape? Contrast with Matt 7:13,14.

Letter 13

7. What does Screwtape say about Pain and Pleasure? How are they related?

8. What does Screwtape mean by “The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel?”

Letter 14

        9. What is a way to ruin genuine humility?

10. Describe the type of Humility that would be what God wants for us:

Letter 15

11. How is Strong Hope or Strong Fear about future events potentially damaging? Read Ecclesiastes 11:1-6.

Letter 16

12. Describe the two Vicars (preachers) Screwtape illustrates.

Letter 17

13. How is gluttony of delicacy different than gluttony of excess?

        14. How does the woman’s gluttony affect her relationships with others?

        15. How is the man’s gluttony related to vanity?