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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 is antisocial personality disorder diagnosed?
(a) Reports of family and acquaintances.
(b) Antisocial and criminal behaviors.
(c) Emotional triggers.
(d) Rigorous personality testing.

2. What phrase did Alice's parents use to describe her behavior as a child?
(a) "She was mean."
(b) "She was impulsive."
(c) "She was unpredictable."
(d) "Something was off."

3. What is the author's objective in writing this book?
(a) To help people escape from psychopathic interaction.
(b) To help people better understand psychopathy.
(c) To help people diagnose the psychopaths they may know.
(d) To help mislabelled psychopaths get out of prison.

4. What does Hervey Cleckley say the psychopath is incapable of understanding?
(a) Other people's behavior.
(b) Personal values.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Society's rules.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What physician who murdered his family was portrayed in the movie Fatal Vision?

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

4. What does the author say is the hallmark of a psychopath?

5. Why was the kitchen an inappropriate placement for Ray?

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