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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Elsa's first clue to Dan's criminal activity?
(a) She saw his picture in the post office.
(b) He confessed to minor thievery.
(c) He had cases of unwrapped tape recorders and TVs.
(d) He had an unusual amount of money.

4. How did Ray trap the author by showing him a knife?
(a) Ray forced the author to obey him.
(b) Ray coerced the author into pleading his case.
(c) Ray made the author a conspirator in his stabbing.
(d) Ray established that the author would not turn him in.

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

6. What prerequisite for love does a psychopath lack?
(a) Attractiveness.
(b) Charm.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Empathy.

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

8. What physician who murdered his family was portrayed in the movie Fatal Vision?
(a) Jeffrey MacDonald.
(b) Gary Tison.
(c) Kenneth Bianchi.
(d) John Wayne Gacy.

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

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

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

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

13. How do psychopaths tend to feel about the future?
(a) They give it little thought.
(b) They live in an imagined future.
(c) They look forward to better days.
(d) They plan constantly.

14. Why is it important for parole boards to understand psychopathy?
(a) All psychopaths will lie at parole hearings.
(b) Most criminals are psychopathic.
(c) Psychopaths will eventually kill someone.
(d) Psychopathy is a strong predictor of recidivism.

15. What did Philippe Pinel call psychopathy?
(a) Moral insanity.
(b) Diabolical evil.
(c) Remorselessness.
(d) Insanity without delirium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What often impresses people about psychopaths' discussion of technical subjects?

2. Upon what two abilities does conscience depend?

3. What did John Wayne Gacy say about his career murdering thirty-three people?

4. What question first raised by Ray has stayed with the doctor throughout his career?

5. What was the verdict in the case of Edward Gein?

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