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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 legally sane.
(c) He was found to be psychotic.
(d) He was found to be marginally accountable.

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

3. Why is it important for parole boards to understand psychopathy?
(a) Psychopathy is a strong predictor of recidivism.
(b) Most criminals are psychopathic.
(c) All psychopaths will lie at parole hearings.
(d) Psychopaths will eventually kill someone.

4. Why are most studies of psychopathy done in prisons?
(a) Psychopaths and information about them are readily available.
(b) Prisoners are willing guinea pigs for examination.
(c) All prisoners are psychopathic.
(d) Prison contributes to the creation of psychopathy.

5. What was Elsa's first clue to Dan's criminal activity?
(a) He had cases of unwrapped tape recorders and TVs.
(b) He had an unusual amount of money.
(c) He confessed to minor thievery.
(d) She saw his picture in the post office.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are psychopaths unlike psychotics?

3. How did Kenneth Bianchi convince some clinicians that he was not one of the Hillside Stranglers?

4. Why are psychopathic killers sometimes judged sane?

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

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