The Screwtape Letters

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. What is Screwtape’s relationship to Wormwood?

A) He is Wormwood’s brother.

B) He is Wormwood’s uncle.

C) He is Wormwood’s father.

D) He is Wormwood’s friend.

2. Who is “the Enemy”? (short answer)

3. Why does Screwtape recommend Wormwood draw “the patient’s” attention to his fellow churchgoers?

A) He’s likely to find them disappointing.

B) They are intimidating and unwelcoming.

C) It will distract him from church services.

D) He does not recommend that Wormwood do this.

4. Screwtape’s remarks about prayers for another person’s soul suggest which of the following?

A) These prayers serve no purpose in spiritual life.

B) These prayers are the most difficult to challenge.

C) These prayers ennoble the person doing the praying.

D) These prayers often don’t reflect real love and concern.