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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. Why are most studies of psychopathy done in prisons?
(a) Prison contributes to the creation of psychopathy.
(b) All prisoners are psychopathic.
(c) Psychopaths and information about them are readily available.
(d) Prisoners are willing guinea pigs for examination.

2. How did Clifford Olson see himself during his trial?
(a) As a scapegoat.
(b) As a celebrity.
(c) As a victim.
(d) As a hero.

3. To what does the author compare the psychopath's experience of emotion?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A riot.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Color blindness.

4. What question first raised by Ray has stayed with the doctor throughout his career?
(a) Am I crazy or is Ray?
(b) What in the psychopath's mentality gives him the power to override reality?
(c) How can Ray claim he was my assistant?
(d) What did I do to turn Ray against me?

5. What percentage of prison inmates are psychopathic?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ray trap the author by showing him a knife?

2. Which part of the brain is more emotional and processes events simultaneously?

3. Why did Jack Abbott reject the word "remorse" in his case?

4. What do McCord and McCord identify as the distinguishing trait of the psychopath?

5. What is the typical cause of a psychopath's criminal activity?

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