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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 did Philippe Pinel call psychopathy?
(a) Moral insanity.
(b) Diabolical evil.
(c) Insanity without delirium.
(d) Remorselessness.

2. What question did Joe McGinniss wrestle with during his relationship with Jeffrey MacDonald?
(a) How could I have liked him?
(b) How could I have misunderstood him?
(c) How could I have missed all the signs?
(d) How could I have understood him?

3. What does the author say is the hallmark of a psychopath?
(a) Mental anguish.
(b) A stunning lack of conscience.
(c) Delusions.
(d) Hallucinations.

4. How do psychopaths often react to perceived insults?
(a) With extreme but short-lived outbursts.
(b) With long-term planned revenge.
(c) With rigid self-control.
(d) With faked forgiveness.

5. What do clinicians who prefer the term "sociopath" believe?
(a) Psychopathy is caused by life experiences.
(b) Psychopathy is a mental illness.
(c) Society is responsible for creating psychopaths.
(d) Psychopathy is inborn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristics make psychopaths unsuitable for dangerous jobs?

2. Why are psychopaths seldom embarrassed about legal, financial or personal problems?

3. What need is sometimes satisfied for the psychopath by taking drugs?

4. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?

5. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?

(see the answer key)

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