Meet the Devils
The name of the senior devil writing the letters.
Who is Screwtape?
According to Letter 1, this is "not the best way to win a soul" because it makes people think.
What is argument?
The general term for the young man Wormwood is trying to tempt.
What is the patient?
Screwtape says to make the patient think of prayer in this way, rather than focusing on the person of God.
What is a "feeling"?
"All mortals tend to turn into the thing _____".
What is "they are pretending to be"?
The name of the nephew to whom the letters are addressed.
Who is Wormwood?
The "safest road to hell," described as a gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings.
What is the gradual road?
In Letter 3, Screwtape focuses on destroying the patient's relationship with this person.
Who is his mother?
Screwtape suggests this is a "valuable" way to distract the patient during prayer—making him fixate on his own emotions.
What is "subjectivity" (or focusing on the self)?
Screwtape calls this virtue "least formidable" when man is aware he has it.
What is humility?
Screwtape's secretary who sometimes finishes his letters.
Who is Toadpipe?
In Letter 2, this is what Wormwood is supposed to convince the patient to be regarding other Christians at church.
What is "better than them" (or "pride/arrogance")?
This takes place during the early letters, which Screwtape believes can turn people toward God if not managed correctly.
What is World War II (or "the war")?
According to Letter 4, this physical act "reveals the right mindset" and helps the "Enemy" by connecting body and soul.
What is kneeling?
The type of laughter that Screwtape says is the best for destroying human joy and shame.
What is flippancy?
According to Screwtape, this is "food" for hell, and the goal is the absorption of its will into their own.
What is a human?
Screwtape suggests that when the patient is doing something good, to move his attention away from God and toward this.
What is self-awareness (or his own virtue)?
In Letter 10, the patient has acquired new friends who are described by this term, suggesting they are rich, smart, and superficial.
What is "the wealthy/intellectual set"?
The "best thing" for the devil, where the patient stops trying to communicate entirely.
What is keeping them from the serious intention of praying?
The "cruel dilemma" facing devils is that if they show themselves, humans lose this, which is dangerous.
The "cruel dilemma" facing devils is that if they show themselves, humans lose this, which is dangerous.
The name the demons use to refer to God.
Who is "The Enemy"?
This is what Screwtape refers to as the "asphyxiating cloud" in Chapter 5.
Answer: What is the Holy Spirit?
In Letter 13, Screwtape is angry because Wormwood allowed the patient to experience these two real, positive things.
What are a book and a walk (or "simple pleasures")?
Screwtape advises making the patient think of prayer as a way to manage this, rather than a surrender of will.
What is a duty?
According to Chapter 15, all sins look toward this, whereas the Enemy wants them to focus on eternity and the present.
What is the future?