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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. How does the author describe the psychopath's typical lifestyle?
(a) Planned and organized.
(b) Unstable and aimless.
(c) Focused and intense.
(d) Driven.

2. Why are psychopaths seldom embarrassed about legal, financial or personal problems?
(a) Problems are temporary, the fault of someone else.
(b) Problems are stepping stones to greater success.
(c) They don't admit they have problems.
(d) Humble acceptance of responsibility is their hallmark.

3. What are the motives of a psychopath in a social interchange?
(a) Manipulate and take.
(b) Overwhelm and destroy.
(c) Convince and persuade.
(d) Confuse and bedazzle.

4. How did Ted Bundy trick his victims into accompanying him when he was a stranger to them?
(a) He had a cute dog.
(b) He used crutches and asked for help.
(c) He pretended to know a mutual acquaintance.
(d) He offered them chocolate.

5. To what does the author compare the psychopath's experience of emotion?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A riot.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Color blindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of the brain is more analytical and sequential?

2. What is socialization?

3. How exactly does psychopathy correspond with troubled childhood?

4. How did Clifford Olson see himself during his trial?

5. Why do socio-biologists claim that the number of psychopaths must be increasing?

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