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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 typical motivation for a psychopath's act of violence?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hatred.

2. What do psychopaths commit twice as often as other criminal offenders?
(a) Acts of embezzlement.
(b) Acts of violence.
(c) Acts of deception.
(d) Acts of robbery.

3. Why do concrete rewards override negative future consequences in the psychopath's mind?
(a) Future consequences are vague.
(b) Future consequences may not come to pass.
(c) Future consequences are distant.
(d) Future consequences are unimportant.

4. What physician who murdered his family was portrayed in the movie Fatal Vision?
(a) Jeffrey MacDonald.
(b) Gary Tison.
(c) Kenneth Bianchi.
(d) John Wayne Gacy.

5. What phrase did Alice's parents use to describe her behavior as a child?
(a) "She was mean."
(b) "Something was off."
(c) "She was impulsive."
(d) "She was unpredictable."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What proportion of psychopaths are serial killers?

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

4. What was the verdict in the case of Ted Bundy?

5. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?

(see the answer key)

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