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

2. Why are psychopathic killers sometimes judged sane?
(a) They suffer from mental illness.
(b) They fool the authorities.
(c) They are unusually intelligent.
(d) They are not deranged.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?

2. How many psychopaths are estimated to be in North America?

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

4. What was Ted Bundy's opinion of guilt?

5. What was incongruous about the red button in the psychologist's office in British Columbia Penitentiary?

(see the answer key)

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