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

2. What percentage of prison inmates are psychopathic?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Twenty.

3. How did the congregation of Ed Lopes react to discovering he was actually a thief and murderer?
(a) They were disillusioned.
(b) They were not surprised.
(c) They rallied to support him.
(d) They were heartbroken.

4. Why is Hannibal Lecter not an accurate portrayal of a psychopath?
(a) He is intelligent.
(b) He is sympathetic.
(c) He is modest.
(d) He is crazy.

5. What is conscience to a psychopath?
(a) A barrier to be jumped.
(b) An intellectual awareness of someone else's rules.
(c) A puzzle to be solved.
(d) An emotional safeguard.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What question did Helen and Steve ask themselves about their daughter Alice?

4. What is a typical sign of psychopathic conversation?

5. Which "special issue" makes the death penalty difficult to decide for those who must judge murderers in Texas?

(see the answer key)

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