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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, pg 219-220.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?
(a) Paranoid.
(b) Schizophrenic.
(c) Psychotic.
(d) Psychological.

2. How much social distress and disruption is caused by psychopathy?
(a) Nearly one-half.
(b) More than all other psychiatric disorders combined.
(c) All of it.
(d) Less than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

3. How does the author describe the psychopath's typical lifestyle?
(a) Unstable and aimless.
(b) Focused and intense.
(c) Planned and organized.
(d) Driven.

4. What psychopath does the author claim commanded a nation?
(a) Pol Pot.
(b) Idi Amin.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Hitler.

5. What impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?
(a) They are not talkative.
(b) They are unusually altruistic.
(c) They are not easily angered.
(d) They seem to be play-acting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which "special issue" makes the death penalty difficult to decide for those who must judge murderers in Texas?

2. Why was the kitchen an inappropriate placement for Ray?

3. What is unusual about the brain function of psychopaths?

4. How do psychopaths use body language?

5. For the psychopath, crime is a natural result of what?

(see the answer key)

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