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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a "desperado junkie"?
(a) Someone in love with a criminal.
(b) Someone who feels sorry for criminals.
(c) Someone who wishes to be a criminal.
(d) Someone attracted to criminals.

2. Why does a prison psychiatrist claim the psychopathy checklist is valuable for parole boards?
(a) It gives boards someone to blame when recidivism occurs.
(b) It ensures that no one who may commit future crime is released.
(c) It is insurance against claims of improper parole.
(d) It helps boards quantify their decisions.

3. What did people remember most about Gary Tison, the murderer?
(a) His interest in them.
(b) His ready laugh.
(c) His cold, hard eyes.
(d) His amiable disposition.

4. What did Dr. Jerrold Post predict that Saddam Hussein would do?
(a) Escalate the conflict with the U.S.
(b) Publically apologize.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Back down from confrontation with the U.S.

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

6. Why are nurturing women ideal prey for psychopaths?
(a) They will take a lot of abuse if they think they can help.
(b) They believe they are invincible.
(c) They are ignorant.
(d) They are good cooks.

7. How did John Grambling make his living?
(a) Defrauding the government.
(b) Defrauding friends.
(c) Defrauding clients.
(d) Defrauding banks.

8. What does successful therapy require of a patient?
(a) A desire to fix a problem.
(b) Intense concentration.
(c) Willingness to endure criticism.
(d) A lot of cash.

9. What was the only difference between the psychopath, Jason, as a child and adults with the same syndrome?
(a) The child was more hostile.
(b) The child was less violent.
(c) The child was less aggressive.
(d) The child was more open and forthright.

10. What is the author's term for "successful" psychopaths?
(a) Subcriminal.
(b) Useful.
(c) Socialized.
(d) Intelligent.

11. What is the two-pronged question clinicians face in dealing with psychopathic children?
(a) How are we to teach them right from wrong?
(b) How are we to protect both ourselves and their civil rights?
(c) How are we to treat them and prevent recidivism?
(d) How are we to instill a missing conscience?

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

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

14. Why do the victims of psychopaths often have trouble convincing others?
(a) The victims are not convincing speakers.
(b) Their stories are too extreme to be believed.
(c) The victims are often wrongdoers themselves.
(d) Psychopaths paint the victims as the real culprits.

15. How secure are psychopaths in their own worldview?
(a) Psychopathy is based in fear.
(b) Psychopaths are fragile and easily confused.
(c) Psychopaths have rock-solid personality structures.
(d) Psychopaths are constantly changing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do clinicians hesitate to label a child psychopathic?

2. What do psychopaths feel for their victims?

3. Who do psychopaths typically blame when punished for their misconduct?

4. What is unusual about the brain function of psychopaths?

5. Which traditional forms of treatment are successful with psychopaths?

(see the answer keys)

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