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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 do the criminal activities of psychopaths compare with those of other criminals?
(a) Psychopaths' crimes are harder to detect.
(b) Psychopaths' crimes are more violent.
(c) Psychopaths' crimes are more varied and frequent.
(d) Psychopaths' crimes are more specialized.

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

3. How do psychopaths often react to perceived insults?
(a) With long-term planned revenge.
(b) With rigid self-control.
(c) With extreme but short-lived outbursts.
(d) With faked forgiveness.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hervey Cleckley say the psychopath is incapable of understanding?

2. Why do wives often put up with psychopathic behaviors longer than they should?

3. Why are psychopathic killers sometimes judged sane?

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

5. How did John Grambling make his living?

(see the answer key)

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