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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How exactly does psychopathy correspond with troubled childhood?
(a) There is 100% correspondence.
(b) There is a 65% correspondence.
(c) There is 75% correspondence.
(d) There is no correspondence.

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

3. What does the author advise readers not to do with his book?
(a) Share it with friends.
(b) Rely upon it too heavily.
(c) Diagnose themselves or others.
(d) Use it to seek professional help.

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

6. What is the most common effect of psychopaths on their victims?
(a) Hatred and isolation.
(b) Confusion, disappointment and despair.
(c) Guilt and regret.
(d) Ecstasy followed by sorrow.

7. What was Ted Bundy's opinion of guilt?
(a) It's an unhealthy mechanism to control people.
(b) There is no better way to control behavior.
(c) It's just a dream.
(d) It helps keep society functional.

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

9. How did Ted Bundy trick his victims into accompanying him when he was a stranger to them?
(a) He used crutches and asked for help.
(b) He pretended to know a mutual acquaintance.
(c) He had a cute dog.
(d) He offered them chocolate.

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

11. What does the author say is the hallmark of a psychopath?
(a) Delusions.
(b) A stunning lack of conscience.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Mental anguish.

12. What effect did Jeffrey have on Elyse's future relationships with men?
(a) She was promiscuous.
(b) She felt unworthy of a wholesome relationship.
(c) She was angry and hostile.
(d) She was on guard.

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

14. What have laboratory experiments using biomedical recorders shown about psychopaths?
(a) They lack the physiological responses normally associated with fear.
(b) They suffer from tumbling insecurity.
(c) They fake good humor.
(d) They suffer from excessive fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?

2. What was incongruous about the red button in the psychologist's office in British Columbia Penitentiary?

3. How many psychopaths are estimated to be in North America?

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

5. What is socialization?

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