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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. What was the verdict in the case of Ted Bundy?
(a) He was found to be psychopathic.
(b) He was found to be marginally accountable.
(c) He was found to be legally sane.
(d) He was found to be psychotic.

2. What was incongruous about the red button in the psychologist's office in British Columbia Penitentiary?
(a) It was designed to simulate a real call button.
(b) You could push it in an emergency but not expect help.
(c) You could push it, but it indicated weakness on your part.
(d) You could push it in an emergency, but it did not work.

3. What question did Helen and Steve ask themselves about their daughter Alice?
(a) Where is she?
(b) Is she crazy or just plain bad?
(c) Can she be cured?
(d) Is she coming home again?

4. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?
(a) Psychotic.
(b) Schizophrenic.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Paranoid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of mental illness has about the same prevalence in North America as psychopathy?

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

3. What do clinicians who prefer the term "sociopath" believe?

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

5. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be crazy?

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