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

2. What percentage of offenders who kill law enforcement officers are psychopathic?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Forty-four.
(c) Sixty-two.
(d) Ninety-eight.

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

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

5. What was incongruous about the red button in the psychologist's office in British Columbia Penitentiary?
(a) You could push it, but it indicated weakness on your part.
(b) It was designed to simulate a real call button.
(c) You could push it in an emergency, but it did not work.
(d) You could push it in an emergency but not expect help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of the brain is more analytical and sequential?

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

3. What is unusual about the brain function of psychopaths?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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