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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. Of what do today's young criminals have less?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Education.
(c) Strategic planning.
(d) Empathy.

2. What was Ted Bundy's opinion of guilt?
(a) It helps keep society functional.
(b) It's just a dream.
(c) It's an unhealthy mechanism to control people.
(d) There is no better way to control behavior.

3. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be crazy?
(a) Mental health facilities.
(b) Research hospitals.
(c) Correctional facilities.
(d) Universities.

4. Why are psychopathic killers sometimes judged sane?
(a) They suffer from mental illness.
(b) They fool the authorities.
(c) They are not deranged.
(d) They are unusually intelligent.

5. Why were second-degree murder charges against Roxanne Murray dropped?
(a) She was remanded to a mental hospital.
(b) The court agreed that she had to kill her husband.
(c) She was found to be insane.
(d) The charge was bumped up to first degree murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do clinicians who prefer the term "sociopath" believe?

2. What did Ted Bundy claim was responsible for his murders?

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

4. What was incongruous about the red button in the psychologist's office in British Columbia Penitentiary?

5. What does Hervey Cleckley see as the main difference between psychopaths who are not incarcerated and those who are?

(see the answer key)

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