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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 is the difficulty in using empathy, egocentricity, or guilt as determinants in a diagnosis?
(a) Participants can lie in reporting.
(b) The average clincian can't reliably assess those traits.
(c) Clinicians are often prejudiced in favor of their clients.
(d) Everyone tested comes out at about the same level.

2. What does Hervey Cleckley say the psychopath is incapable of understanding?
(a) Society's rules.
(b) Other people's behavior.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Personal values.

3. How many psychopaths are estimated to be in North America?
(a) One hundred thousand.
(b) One million.
(c) Two million.
(d) Two hundred thousand.

4. How did a psychopathic thief believe that his victims were better off?
(a) They got to replace their possessions.
(b) They got to be in the newspaper headlines.
(c) He hadn't done them any physical harm.
(d) They would collect more from insurance than their possessions were worth.

5. What often impresses people about psychopaths' discussion of technical subjects?
(a) Confident use of technical jargon and concepts.
(b) Concern about being revealed as phony.
(c) Multiple university degrees.
(d) Wide-ranging interests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question first raised by Ray has stayed with the doctor throughout his career?

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

3. How did Ted Bundy trick his victims into accompanying him when he was a stranger to them?

4. What is the most common effect of psychopaths on their victims?

5. What question did Joe McGinniss wrestle with during his relationship with Jeffrey MacDonald?

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