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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 was Elsa's first clue to Dan's criminal activity?
(a) He had an unusual amount of money.
(b) He had cases of unwrapped tape recorders and TVs.
(c) She saw his picture in the post office.
(d) He confessed to minor thievery.

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

3. How did Ray trap the author by showing him a knife?
(a) Ray made the author a conspirator in his stabbing.
(b) Ray coerced the author into pleading his case.
(c) Ray forced the author to obey him.
(d) Ray established that the author would not turn him in.

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. What impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?
(a) They seem to be play-acting.
(b) They are unusually altruistic.
(c) They are not easily angered.
(d) They are not talkative.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do socio-biologists claim that the number of psychopaths must be increasing?

2. What does the author advise readers not to do with his book?

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

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

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

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