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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 don't pay attention to warning signs.
(b) They cannot imagine others doing things good people would not do.
(c) They don't understand psychopathy.
(d) They aren't very intelligent.

2. Why are nurturing women ideal prey for psychopaths?
(a) They are ignorant.
(b) They will take a lot of abuse if they think they can help.
(c) They are good cooks.
(d) They believe they are invincible.

3. What is the author's objective in writing this book?
(a) To help people better understand psychopathy.
(b) To help mislabelled psychopaths get out of prison.
(c) To help people diagnose the psychopaths they may know.
(d) To help people escape from psychopathic interaction.

4. How do psychopaths treat those in positions superior to them?
(a) They con them.
(b) They ingratiate themselves.
(c) They mock them.
(d) They brutalize them.

5. How exactly does psychopathy correspond with troubled childhood?
(a) There is no correspondence.
(b) There is 100% correspondence.
(c) There is a 65% correspondence.
(d) There is 75% correspondence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author advise readers not to do with his book?

2. What did Dave suggest that his boss do?

3. What might be learned about psychopaths from brain imaging technology?

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

5. What did John Wayne Gacy say about his career murdering thirty-three people?

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