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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. What do clinicians who prefer the term "sociopath" believe?
(a) Psychopathy is a mental illness.
(b) Society is responsible for creating psychopaths.
(c) Psychopathy is inborn.
(d) Psychopathy is caused by life experiences.

2. What physician who murdered his family was portrayed in the movie Fatal Vision?
(a) Kenneth Bianchi.
(b) Gary Tison.
(c) Jeffrey MacDonald.
(d) John Wayne Gacy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author advise readers not to do with his book?

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

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

4. What was the first thing the author noticed about Ray when he met him?

5. What is the author's objective in writing this book?

(see the answer key)

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