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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 need is sometimes satisfied for the psychopath by taking drugs?
(a) The need for relaxation.
(b) The need to forget.
(c) The need for excitement.
(d) The need for belonging.

2. How does the author describe the psychopath's typical lifestyle?
(a) Driven.
(b) Unstable and aimless.
(c) Focused and intense.
(d) Planned and organized.

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

4. What is conscience to a psychopath?
(a) An intellectual awareness of someone else's rules.
(b) An emotional safeguard.
(c) A barrier to be jumped.
(d) A puzzle to be solved.

5. What question did Joe McGinniss wrestle with during his relationship with Jeffrey MacDonald?
(a) How could I have liked him?
(b) How could I have missed all the signs?
(c) How could I have understood him?
(d) How could I have misunderstood him?

Short Answer Questions

1. How well do psychopaths get along with one another?

2. How did psychopaths in the prison study of brain patterns respond to emotionally charged words?

3. What phrase did Alice's parents use to describe her behavior as a child?

4. What can be observed about the mental processes of psychopaths?

5. What is the most common effect of psychopaths on their victims?

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