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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does William March say that good people are rarely suspicious?
(a) They don't pay attention to warning signs.
(b) They cannot imagine others doing things good people would not do.
(c) They aren't very intelligent.
(d) They don't understand psychopathy.

3. How do psychopaths often react to perceived insults?
(a) With extreme but short-lived outbursts.
(b) With faked forgiveness.
(c) With long-term planned revenge.
(d) With rigid self-control.

4. Why was the kitchen an inappropriate placement for Ray?
(a) He had access to knives.
(b) He had access to the ingredients to make alcohol.
(c) He had access to poisons.
(d) He could steal silverware.

5. How do psychopaths tend to view their own aggression?
(a) As uncontrollable.
(b) As a natural response to provocation.
(c) As non-existent.
(d) As supernatural.

6. What need is sometimes satisfied for the psychopath by taking drugs?
(a) The need for excitement.
(b) The need for belonging.
(c) The need for relaxation.
(d) The need to forget.

7. What emotions are the mainsprings of conscience for most people?
(a) Shame and embarrassment.
(b) Fear and anxiety.
(c) Love and hope.
(d) Altruism and kindness.

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

9. What do obligations and commitments mean to psychopaths?
(a) A way to cover up evil intentions.
(b) Everything.
(c) A way to confuse victims.
(d) Nothing.

10. What question did Helen and Steve ask themselves about their daughter Alice?
(a) Is she coming home again?
(b) Is she crazy or just plain bad?
(c) Can she be cured?
(d) Where is she?

11. What often impresses people about psychopaths' discussion of technical subjects?
(a) Multiple university degrees.
(b) Confident use of technical jargon and concepts.
(c) Concern about being revealed as phony.
(d) Wide-ranging interests.

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

13. What question did Joe McGinniss wrestle with during his relationship with Jeffrey MacDonald?
(a) How could I have understood him?
(b) How could I have liked him?
(c) How could I have missed all the signs?
(d) How could I have misunderstood him?

14. How did Clifford Olson become rich?
(a) He created a Ponzi scheme and bilked investors.
(b) He embezzled from the firm where he worked.
(c) Authorities paid him to show the burial places of his victims.
(d) He married a rich woman and murdered her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is the hallmark of a psychopath?

2. What proportion of psychopaths are serial killers?

3. Why is it important for parole boards to understand psychopathy?

4. What impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?

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

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