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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Focusing the Picture, pg 21-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Kenneth Bianchi convince some clinicians that he was not one of the Hillside Stranglers?
(a) He claimed multiple personalities.
(b) He turned in his friend Steve.
(c) He demonstrated a firm alibi.
(d) He proved it was his cousin, Angelo Buono.

2. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be crazy?
(a) Mental health facilities.
(b) Research hospitals.
(c) Universities.
(d) Correctional facilities.

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

4. Why was the kitchen an inappropriate placement for Ray?
(a) He had access to knives.
(b) He could steal silverware.
(c) He had access to the ingredients to make alcohol.
(d) He had access to poisons.

5. How did Ray take revenge on the author for not getting him work in his father's firm?
(a) He told prison officials about the knife.
(b) He stalked the author's family.
(c) He wrote hate mail to the author.
(d) He vandalized his car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does William March say that good people are rarely suspicious?

2. How are psychopaths unlike psychotics?

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

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

5. What phrase did Alice's parents use to describe her behavior as a child?

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