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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 did Philippe Pinel call psychopathy?
(a) Diabolical evil.
(b) Insanity without delirium.
(c) Moral insanity.
(d) Remorselessness.

2. What is attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder?
(a) Major violations of society's rules.
(b) Hostile, aggressive behavior.
(c) Unremitting truancy.
(d) Developmentally inappropriate inattention and impulsiveness.

3. Why are murderers often given early parole?
(a) Murderers can demonstrate good behavior.
(b) Murderers can fake remorse.
(c) Homicide is typically unlikely to be repeated.
(d) Murderers can con parole boards.

4. How did Kenneth Bianchi convince some clinicians that he was not one of the Hillside Stranglers?
(a) He demonstrated a firm alibi.
(b) He claimed multiple personalities.
(c) He proved it was his cousin, Angelo Buono.
(d) He turned in his friend Steve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Amy Fisher?

2. Why do socio-biologists claim that the number of psychopaths must be increasing?

3. What does the author believe society must do with psychopaths?

4. How did a psychopath flatter forensic psychologist J. Reid Meloy?

5. What is the danger in placing psychopaths in mental hospitals instead of prison settings?

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