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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Lifestyles, pg 57-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the most common effect of psychopaths on their victims?
(a) Ecstasy followed by sorrow.
(b) Confusion, disappointment and despair.
(c) Guilt and regret.
(d) Hatred and isolation.

3. What does the author advise readers not to do with his book?
(a) Use it to seek professional help.
(b) Share it with friends.
(c) Diagnose themselves or others.
(d) Rely upon it too heavily.

4. What did John Wayne Gacy say about his career murdering thirty-three people?
(a) "I was the victim."
(b) "They all deserved to die."
(c) "It was another person inside of me."
(d) "I don't know what came over me."

5. What was Ted Bundy's opinion of guilt?
(a) It's just a dream.
(b) There is no better way to control behavior.
(c) It's an unhealthy mechanism to control people.
(d) It helps keep society functional.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do psychopaths tend to feel about the future?

2. How exactly does psychopathy correspond with troubled childhood?

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

4. How did Kenneth Bianchi convince some clinicians that he was not one of the Hillside Stranglers?

5. How did Clifford Olson become rich?

(see the answer key)

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