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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. Why does a prison psychiatrist claim the psychopathy checklist is valuable for parole boards?
(a) It is insurance against claims of improper parole.
(b) It gives boards someone to blame when recidivism occurs.
(c) It ensures that no one who may commit future crime is released.
(d) It helps boards quantify their decisions.

2. Why are psychopaths seldom embarrassed about legal, financial or personal problems?
(a) Problems are stepping stones to greater success.
(b) Problems are temporary, the fault of someone else.
(c) They don't admit they have problems.
(d) Humble acceptance of responsibility is their hallmark.

3. Why did the author decline to diagnose Saddam Hussein?
(a) He didn't want to offend Hussein.
(b) He didn't want to be publically wrong.
(c) Long-distance diagnosis is a parody of professional procedure.
(d) He didn't want to be publically right.

4. Why do the victims of psychopaths often have trouble convincing others?
(a) The victims are often wrongdoers themselves.
(b) Psychopaths paint the victims as the real culprits.
(c) Their stories are too extreme to be believed.
(d) The victims are not convincing speakers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ted Bundy's opinion of guilt?

2. What is the author's term for "successful" psychopaths?

3. Which "special issue" makes the death penalty difficult to decide for those who must judge murderers in Texas?

4. What does Hervey Cleckley see as the main difference between psychopaths who are not incarcerated and those who are?

5. What did John Wayne Gacy say about his career murdering thirty-three people?

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