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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do psychopaths get into therapy?
(a) By court order.
(b) By school referrals.
(c) At the request of families or as a condition for parole.
(d) By personal request.

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

3. How can you protect yourself from a psychopath's flattery?
(a) Avoid conversation with him.
(b) Flatter him in return.
(c) Know your own weak spots.
(d) Decide whether what he says is true.

4. How did the congregation of Ed Lopes react to discovering he was actually a thief and murderer?
(a) They were disillusioned.
(b) They were heartbroken.
(c) They were not surprised.
(d) They rallied to support him.

5. Why are psychopaths not successful in treatment programs?
(a) They are unwilling to make changes.
(b) They are experiencing too much distress.
(c) They are unable to face problems.
(d) They see nothing wrong with themselves.

6. 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.

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

8. Why did the author decline to diagnose Saddam Hussein?
(a) He didn't want to be publically wrong.
(b) He didn't want to offend Hussein.
(c) Long-distance diagnosis is a parody of professional procedure.
(d) He didn't want to be publically right.

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

10. Why do the victims of white-collar psychopaths often fail to report?
(a) Their own wrongdoing was part of the crime.
(b) It's humiliating to be duped.
(c) They don't know they were duped.
(d) They didn't lose enough to bother about.

11. Who was Amy Fisher?
(a) A Playboy bunny murder.
(b) The Mata Hari of New York.
(c) Tokyo Rose.
(d) The Long Island Lolita.

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

13. Which traditional forms of treatment are successful with psychopaths?
(a) Electroshock and psychosurgery.
(b) None of them.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Group therapy and client-centered therapy.

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

15. What is conduct disorder?
(a) A pattern of conduct that involves deceit.
(b) A pattern of conduct that violates rules and the rights of others.
(c) A pattern of selfish conduct.
(d) A pattern of violent conduct.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what basis do parole boards release prisoners?

2. What might be learned about psychopaths from brain imaging technology?

3. What is the danger in placing psychopaths in mental hospitals instead of prison settings?

4. Which part of the brain is more emotional and processes events simultaneously?

5. What is conscience to a psychopath?

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