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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Ethics of Labeling, pg 180-191.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do psychopaths treat those in positions inferior to them?
(a) They brutalize them.
(b) They ingratiate themselves.
(c) They mock them.
(d) They con them.

2. What does Hervey Cleckley see as the main difference between psychopaths who are not incarcerated and those who are?
(a) A more consistent appearance of normality.
(b) A better physical appearance.
(c) A more engaging line of talk.
(d) A better education.

3. How did Ted Bundy trick his victims into accompanying him when he was a stranger to them?
(a) He had a cute dog.
(b) He used crutches and asked for help.
(c) He offered them chocolate.
(d) He pretended to know a mutual acquaintance.

4. What does the author advise readers not to do with his book?
(a) Rely upon it too heavily.
(b) Share it with friends.
(c) Diagnose themselves or others.
(d) Use it to seek professional help.

5. How did a psychopathic thief believe that his victims were better off?
(a) They got to replace their possessions.
(b) They got to be in the newspaper headlines.
(c) They would collect more from insurance than their possessions were worth.
(d) He hadn't done them any physical harm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one psychopath say made a good liar?

2. Why did the Australian Supreme Court pronounce Garry David mentally ill?

3. On what basis do parole boards release prisoners?

4. What impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?

5. How did Grambling, himself, describe his profession?

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