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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Flies in the Web, pg 144-154.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does William March say that good people are rarely suspicious?
(a) They aren't very intelligent.
(b) They cannot imagine others doing things good people would not do.
(c) They don't understand psychopathy.
(d) They don't pay attention to warning signs.

2. Which part of the brain is more analytical and sequential?
(a) Neither: both sides work together.
(b) The frontal lobe.
(c) The left hemisphere.
(d) The right hemisphere.

3. What was the verdict in the case of Ted Bundy?
(a) He was found to be psychopathic.
(b) He was found to be psychotic.
(c) He was found to be marginally accountable.
(d) He was found to be legally sane.

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

5. What is unusual about the brain function of psychopaths?
(a) Integrated language processes.
(b) Bilateral language processes.
(c) Unilateral language processes.
(d) Interrupted language processes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of offenders who kill law enforcement officers are psychopathic?

2. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?

3. How are psychopaths unlike psychotics?

4. What percentage of serious crimes are committed by psychopaths?

5. What opened Elyse's eyes to Jeffrey's true character?

(see the answer key)

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