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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Can Anything Be Done?, pg 192-206.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the first thing the author noticed about Ray when he met him?
(a) Ray's ease when lying.
(b) Ray's evil aura.
(c) Ray's intense stare.
(d) Ray's relaxed conversation.

3. How did Clifford Olson become rich?
(a) He embezzled from the firm where he worked.
(b) Authorities paid him to show the burial places of his victims.
(c) He married a rich woman and murdered her.
(d) He created a Ponzi scheme and bilked investors.

4. What form of mental illness has about the same prevalence in North America as psychopathy?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Oppositional-Defiant disorder.
(c) Bipolar syndrome.
(d) Paranoia.

5. Why was Jeffrey Dahmer able to convince policemen that he was not committing crimes?
(a) He was cool and calm.
(b) He talked fast.
(c) He had believable excuses.
(d) He had friends on the police force.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the congregation of Ed Lopes react to discovering he was actually a thief and murderer?

2. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?

3. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be sane but evil?

4. What does the author see as the antidote to inaccurate diagnoses?

5. How did Ray take revenge on the author for not getting him work in his father's firm?

(see the answer key)

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