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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 is the author's term for "successful" psychopaths?
(a) Socialized.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Subcriminal.
(d) Useful.

2. What attitude toward children is a common theme among psychopaths?
(a) A sincere interest.
(b) An emotional attachment.
(c) Violence.
(d) An indifference to their welfare.

3. How many psychopaths are estimated to be in North America?
(a) Two hundred thousand.
(b) One million.
(c) Two million.
(d) One hundred thousand.

4. How is psychological denial a disadvantage?
(a) It blinds us to truth.
(b) It causes confusion.
(c) It makes us liars.
(d) It makes us criminals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be crazy?

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

3. How does the author feel about films that allow identification with psychopaths?

4. Why does William March say that good people are rarely suspicious?

5. What do McCord and McCord identify as the distinguishing trait of the psychopath?

(see the answer key)

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