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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 are the motives of a psychopath in a social interchange?
(a) Manipulate and take.
(b) Convince and persuade.
(c) Confuse and bedazzle.
(d) Overwhelm and destroy.

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

3. What characteristics make psychopaths unsuitable for dangerous jobs?
(a) Fear and trepidation.
(b) Perfectionism and attention to detail.
(c) Adrenaline addiction.
(d) Unpredictability and carelessness.

4. Why do the victims of psychopaths often have trouble convincing others?
(a) The victims are often wrongdoers themselves.
(b) Their stories are too extreme to be believed.
(c) The victims are not convincing speakers.
(d) Psychopaths paint the victims as the real culprits.

5. Why did Jack Abbott reject the word "remorse" in his case?
(a) Remorse implies that you did something wrong.
(b) His victim was better off.
(c) Remorse is unhealthy.
(d) Remorse is a waste of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are psychopaths unlike psychotics?

2. When is the best period for changing the behavior or psychopaths?

3. What was the verdict in the case of Ted Bundy?

4. How does Ronald Markman account for the public fascination with remorseless psychopaths?

5. What is a "desperado junkie"?

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