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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. How do psychopaths tend to view their own aggression?
(a) As non-existent.
(b) As uncontrollable.
(c) As a natural response to provocation.
(d) As supernatural.

2. What physician who murdered his family was portrayed in the movie Fatal Vision?
(a) John Wayne Gacy.
(b) Jeffrey MacDonald.
(c) Gary Tison.
(d) Kenneth Bianchi.

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

4. How do the criminal activities of psychopaths compare with those of other criminals?
(a) Psychopaths' crimes are more varied and frequent.
(b) Psychopaths' crimes are more violent.
(c) Psychopaths' crimes are harder to detect.
(d) Psychopaths' crimes are more specialized.

5. Why does William March say that good people are rarely suspicious?
(a) They cannot imagine others doing things good people would not do.
(b) They don't pay attention to warning signs.
(c) They aren't very intelligent.
(d) They don't understand psychopathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of mental illness has about the same prevalence in North America as psychopathy?

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

3. What characteristics make psychopaths unsuitable for dangerous jobs?

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

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

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