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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 Ray trap the author by showing him a knife?
(a) Ray established that the author would not turn him in.
(b) Ray made the author a conspirator in his stabbing.
(c) Ray coerced the author into pleading his case.
(d) Ray forced the author to obey him.

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

3. What often impresses people about psychopaths' discussion of technical subjects?
(a) Confident use of technical jargon and concepts.
(b) Concern about being revealed as phony.
(c) Wide-ranging interests.
(d) Multiple university degrees.

4. How did Ted Bundy trick his victims into accompanying him when he was a stranger to them?
(a) He pretended to know a mutual acquaintance.
(b) He had a cute dog.
(c) He offered them chocolate.
(d) He used crutches and asked for help.

5. What is the difficulty in using empathy, egocentricity, or guilt as determinants in a diagnosis?
(a) Everyone tested comes out at about the same level.
(b) Clinicians are often prejudiced in favor of their clients.
(c) Participants can lie in reporting.
(d) The average clincian can't reliably assess those traits.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?

4. What was Elsa's first clue to Dan's criminal activity?

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

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