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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 is the author's objective in writing this book?
(a) To help mislabelled psychopaths get out of prison.
(b) To help people diagnose the psychopaths they may know.
(c) To help people better understand psychopathy.
(d) To help people escape from psychopathic interaction.

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

3. What is the difficulty in using empathy, egocentricity, or guilt as determinants in a diagnosis?
(a) Participants can lie in reporting.
(b) The average clincian can't reliably assess those traits.
(c) Clinicians are often prejudiced in favor of their clients.
(d) Everyone tested comes out at about the same level.

4. Which part of the brain is more emotional and processes events simultaneously?
(a) The left hemisphere.
(b) Neither: they both work together.
(c) The right hemisphere.
(d) The frontal lobe.

5. What percentage of serious crimes are committed by psychopaths?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychopath does the author claim commanded a nation?

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

3. What did Philippe Pinel call psychopathy?

4. How is psychological denial useful?

5. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be sane but evil?

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