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

2. Why is it important for parole boards to understand psychopathy?
(a) Psychopaths will eventually kill someone.
(b) Most criminals are psychopathic.
(c) Psychopathy is a strong predictor of recidivism.
(d) All psychopaths will lie at parole hearings.

3. Which part of the brain is more analytical and sequential?
(a) The left hemisphere.
(b) The right hemisphere.
(c) The frontal lobe.
(d) Neither: both sides work together.

4. How do psychopaths tend to feel about the future?
(a) They look forward to better days.
(b) They plan constantly.
(c) They live in an imagined future.
(d) They give it little thought.

5. What was the first thing the author noticed about Ray when he met him?
(a) Ray's intense stare.
(b) Ray's ease when lying.
(c) Ray's evil aura.
(d) Ray's relaxed conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attitude toward children is a common theme among psychopaths?

2. Why were second-degree murder charges against Roxanne Murray dropped?

3. How does the author describe the psychopath's typical lifestyle?

4. Why was the kitchen an inappropriate placement for Ray?

5. What is the typical motivation for a psychopath's act of violence?

(see the answer key)

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