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

2. What question did Joe McGinniss wrestle with during his relationship with Jeffrey MacDonald?
(a) How could I have understood him?
(b) How could I have missed all the signs?
(c) How could I have liked him?
(d) How could I have misunderstood him?

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most common effect of psychopaths on their victims?

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

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

4. How did Ray take revenge on the author for not getting him work in his father's firm?

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

(see the answer key)

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