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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Profile: Feelings and Relationships , pg 33-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Clifford Olson become rich?
(a) He married a rich woman and murdered her.
(b) He created a Ponzi scheme and bilked investors.
(c) He embezzled from the firm where he worked.
(d) Authorities paid him to show the burial places of his victims.

2. What question first raised by Ray has stayed with the doctor throughout his career?
(a) Am I crazy or is Ray?
(b) What did I do to turn Ray against me?
(c) What in the psychopath's mentality gives him the power to override reality?
(d) How can Ray claim he was my assistant?

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

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

5. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?
(a) Attractiveness.
(b) Charm.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Empathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hervey Cleckley say the psychopath is incapable of understanding?

2. Why are psychopaths seldom embarrassed about legal, financial or personal problems?

3. How did Ted Bundy trick his victims into accompanying him when he was a stranger to them?

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

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

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