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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 are the motives of a psychopath in a social interchange?
(a) Manipulate and take.
(b) Convince and persuade.
(c) Overwhelm and destroy.
(d) Confuse and bedazzle.

2. What is the most distressing aspect of increasing juvenile crime?
(a) Increasing hostility toward adults.
(b) Increasing cooperation among young offenders.
(c) The ever-younger age at which crimes are committed.
(d) Increasing disregard for social rules.

3. Who is vulnerable to the machinations of psychopaths?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Gullible people.
(c) Naive people.
(d) Innocent people.

4. Which part of the brain is more analytical and sequential?
(a) The frontal lobe.
(b) The left hemisphere.
(c) The right hemisphere.
(d) Neither: both sides work together.

5. What was the verdict in the case of Ted Bundy?
(a) He was found to be psychopathic.
(b) He was found to be psychotic.
(c) He was found to be legally sane.
(d) He was found to be marginally accountable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase did Alice's parents use to describe her behavior as a child?

2. How do psychopaths get into therapy?

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

4. What did Dave suggest that his boss do?

5. What is the main danger of failing to diagnose psychopathy in a child?

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