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

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

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

4. What does Hervey Cleckley say the psychopath is incapable of understanding?
(a) Society's rules.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Personal values.
(d) Other people's behavior.

5. What does the author advise readers not to do with his book?
(a) Use it to seek professional help.
(b) Share it with friends.
(c) Rely upon it too heavily.
(d) Diagnose themselves or others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?

2. What is the "cycle of violence"?

3. What need is sometimes satisfied for the psychopath by taking drugs?

4. What is the difficulty in using empathy, egocentricity, or guilt as determinants in a diagnosis?

5. What is conscience to a psychopath?

(see the answer key)

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