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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do psychopaths treat those in positions superior to them?
(a) They brutalize them.
(b) They mock them.
(c) They ingratiate themselves.
(d) They con them.

2. What did one psychopath say made a good liar?
(a) Being a good judge of people.
(b) Understanding the social system.
(c) Talking fast.
(d) Being intelligent.

3. How did Clifford Olson see himself during his trial?
(a) As a victim.
(b) As a hero.
(c) As a celebrity.
(d) As a scapegoat.

4. How do psychopaths tend to view therapists?
(a) As their only hope.
(b) As surrogate family.
(c) As friends and supporters.
(d) As objects to be conned.

5. How do psychopaths perceive the world?
(a) The world is a hostile place.
(b) The world is waiting to be plundered.
(c) The world is a garden of opportunity.
(d) The world is a paradise.

6. Why do clinicians hesitate to label a child psychopathic?
(a) Early labelling is seldom accurate.
(b) Early labelling can discourage parents.
(c) Early labelling can result in earlier, better interventions.
(d) Early labelling can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

7. What will help you identify a new acquaintance as a psychopath?
(a) Bad manners.
(b) An abnormal interest in you.
(c) Vague, evasive, inconsistent replies to questions.
(d) An endless stream of jokes.

8. Who do psychopaths typically blame when punished for their misconduct?
(a) Someone else.
(b) Their intimate friends.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Society as a whole.

9. What is attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder?
(a) Hostile, aggressive behavior.
(b) Developmentally inappropriate inattention and impulsiveness.
(c) Unremitting truancy.
(d) Major violations of society's rules.

10. What effect does parental behavior have on psychopathy?
(a) It is the primary cause of psychopathy.
(b) It has no relationship to the psychopath's behavior.
(c) It can ameliorate or exacerbate but not cause psychopathy.
(d) It can cause psychopathy but not ameliorate or exacerbate.

11. For what career are psychopaths uniquely well-suited?
(a) Financial advisors.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Imposters.
(d) Doctors.

12. To what does the author compare the psychopath's experience of emotion?
(a) Color blindness.
(b) A riot.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) Blindness.

13. What can be observed about the mental processes of psychopaths?
(a) Their mental processes are bound by complex rules.
(b) Their mental processes are normal.
(c) Their mental processes are straightforward.
(d) Their mental processes are poorly regulated.

14. What is the most distressing aspect of increasing juvenile crime?
(a) Increasing hostility toward adults.
(b) Increasing disregard for social rules.
(c) Increasing cooperation among young offenders.
(d) The ever-younger age at which crimes are committed.

15. Why did the Australian Supreme Court pronounce Garry David mentally ill?
(a) David was obviously schizophrenic.
(b) David's behavior was clearly anti-social.
(c) Anyone with David's history must be mentally ill.
(d) No psychopath could possibly be sane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is conduct disorder?

2. Why was Jeffrey Dahmer able to convince policemen that he was not committing crimes?

3. What event in the life of Lawrencia Bembenek did 300 people gather to celebrate?

4. What does a preschool psychopath understand about right and wrong?

5. What was the only difference between the psychopath, Jason, as a child and adults with the same syndrome?

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