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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Internal Controls: The Missing Peice, pg 71-82.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do socio-biologists claim that the number of psychopaths must be increasing?
(a) Social problems that lead to psychopathy are increasing.
(b) Psychopaths produce large numbers of children.
(c) Psychopaths make other people psychopathic.
(d) Psychopaths are being more accurately diagnosed.

3. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be crazy?
(a) Universities.
(b) Research hospitals.
(c) Correctional facilities.
(d) Mental health facilities.

4. How do psychopaths tend to feel about the future?
(a) They give it little thought.
(b) They plan constantly.
(c) They live in an imagined future.
(d) They look forward to better days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ronald Markman account for the public fascination with remorseless psychopaths?

2. What question did Joe McGinniss wrestle with during his relationship with Jeffrey MacDonald?

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

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

5. What phrase did Alice's parents use to describe her behavior as a child?

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