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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 does the author say is the hallmark of a psychopath?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Delusions.
(c) A stunning lack of conscience.
(d) Mental anguish.

2. What characteristics make psychopaths unsuitable for dangerous jobs?
(a) Perfectionism and attention to detail.
(b) Adrenaline addiction.
(c) Fear and trepidation.
(d) Unpredictability and carelessness.

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

4. How do psychopaths tend to view their own aggression?
(a) As a natural response to provocation.
(b) As uncontrollable.
(c) As supernatural.
(d) As non-existent.

5. Why did Gary Gilmore claim that he was not a great thief.
(a) He was too sympathetic.
(b) He was not intelligent enough.
(c) He was too impulsive.
(d) He was not interested in thievery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the typical motivation for a psychopath's act of violence?

3. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?

4. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be sane but evil?

5. How did a psychopathic thief believe that his victims were better off?

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