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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How well do psychopaths get along with one another?
(a) Well.
(b) Comfortably.
(c) Not at all.
(d) They often admire one another.

4. What is the typical motivation for a psychopath's act of violence?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Fear.

5. How do law enforcement officials make use of psychopaths' lack of loyalty?
(a) They will work as double agents.
(b) They will make mistakes.
(c) They will turn in their friends.
(d) They can be "turned" to help the state.

6. 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) He hadn't done them any physical harm.
(c) They got to be in the newspaper headlines.
(d) They got to replace their possessions.

7. How many psychopaths are estimated to be in North America?
(a) Two hundred thousand.
(b) One hundred thousand.
(c) One million.
(d) Two million.

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

9. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be sane but evil?
(a) Research hospitals.
(b) Universities.
(c) Correctional facilities.
(d) Mental health facilities.

10. Why were second-degree murder charges against Roxanne Murray dropped?
(a) She was found to be insane.
(b) The charge was bumped up to first degree murder.
(c) The court agreed that she had to kill her husband.
(d) She was remanded to a mental hospital.

11. Why are psychopaths seldom embarrassed about legal, financial or personal problems?
(a) Problems are stepping stones to greater success.
(b) They don't admit they have problems.
(c) Problems are temporary, the fault of someone else.
(d) Humble acceptance of responsibility is their hallmark.

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

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

14. What impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?
(a) They are not talkative.
(b) They are not easily angered.
(c) They seem to be play-acting.
(d) They are unusually altruistic.

15. What phrase did Alice's parents use to describe her behavior as a child?
(a) "She was mean."
(b) "She was impulsive."
(c) "Something was off."
(d) "She was unpredictable."

Short Answer Questions

1. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?

2. Upon what two abilities does conscience depend?

3. How does the author describe the psychopath's typical lifestyle?

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

5. What attitude toward children is a common theme among psychopaths?

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