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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Crime: The Logical Choice, 83-101.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How well do psychopaths get along with one another?
(a) Well.
(b) They often admire one another.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Comfortably.

3. What percentage of serious crimes are committed by psychopaths?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Sixty.

4. Why do concrete rewards override negative future consequences in the psychopath's mind?
(a) Future consequences are vague.
(b) Future consequences are distant.
(c) Future consequences are unimportant.
(d) Future consequences may not come to pass.

5. Upon what two abilities does conscience depend?
(a) The ability to obey and reason.
(b) The ability to comprehend society's priorities and live by them.
(c) The ability to imagine consequences and talk to oneself.
(d) The ability to overrule foolish desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the kitchen an inappropriate placement for Ray?

2. What population makes up two-thirds of the victims of psychopathic criminals?

3. What question first raised by Ray has stayed with the doctor throughout his career?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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