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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did a psychopathic thief believe that his victims were better off?
(a) They would collect more from insurance than their possessions were worth.
(b) They got to replace their possessions.
(c) He hadn't done them any physical harm.
(d) They got to be in the newspaper headlines.

3. What percentage of prison inmates are psychopathic?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Fifty.

4. What is the typical cause of a psychopath's criminal activity?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Negative social conditions
(c) His character structure.
(d) His upbringing.

5. What did John Wayne Gacy say about his career murdering thirty-three people?
(a) "I was the victim."
(b) "I don't know what came over me."
(c) "It was another person inside of me."
(d) "They all deserved to die."

6. Upon what two abilities does conscience depend?
(a) The ability to obey and reason.
(b) The ability to imagine consequences and talk to oneself.
(c) The ability to overrule foolish desires.
(d) The ability to comprehend society's priorities and live by them.

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

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

9. Of what do today's young criminals have less?
(a) Strategic planning.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Education.
(d) Intelligence.

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

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

12. What attitude toward children is a common theme among psychopaths?
(a) An indifference to their welfare.
(b) An emotional attachment.
(c) A sincere interest.
(d) Violence.

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

14. Why is Hannibal Lecter not an accurate portrayal of a psychopath?
(a) He is intelligent.
(b) He is sympathetic.
(c) He is crazy.
(d) He is modest.

15. How are psychopaths unlike psychotics?
(a) Unlike psychotics, psychopaths are rational.
(b) Unlike psychotics, psychopaths are emotional.
(c) Unlike psychotics, psychopaths are distressed.
(d) Unlike psychotics, psychopaths are intelligent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do psychopaths commit twice as often as other criminal offenders?

2. How did Ray take revenge on the author for not getting him work in his father's firm?

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

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

5. How does Ronald Markman account for the public fascination with remorseless psychopaths?

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