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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Words from an Overcoat Pocket, pg 124-143.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John Wayne Gacy say about his career murdering thirty-three people?
(a) "I don't know what came over me."
(b) "They all deserved to die."
(c) "It was another person inside of me."
(d) "I was the victim."

2. What is the most common effect of psychopaths on their victims?
(a) Guilt and regret.
(b) Ecstasy followed by sorrow.
(c) Hatred and isolation.
(d) Confusion, disappointment and despair.

3. What question did Helen and Steve ask themselves about their daughter Alice?
(a) Is she coming home again?
(b) Where is she?
(c) Is she crazy or just plain bad?
(d) Can she be cured?

4. What do psychopaths commit twice as often as other criminal offenders?
(a) Acts of embezzlement.
(b) Acts of robbery.
(c) Acts of violence.
(d) Acts of deception.

5. How do the criminal activities of psychopaths compare with those of other criminals?
(a) Psychopaths' crimes are more violent.
(b) Psychopaths' crimes are harder to detect.
(c) Psychopaths' crimes are more varied and frequent.
(d) Psychopaths' crimes are more specialized.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the author compare the psychopath's experience of emotion?

2. What was the first thing the author noticed about Ray when he met him?

3. Why did Gary Gilmore claim that he was not a great thief.

4. Who is vulnerable to the machinations of psychopaths?

5. How do psychopaths tend to view their own aggression?

(see the answer key)

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