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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are most studies of psychopathy done in prisons?
(a) Prisoners are willing guinea pigs for examination.
(b) All prisoners are psychopathic.
(c) Psychopaths and information about them are readily available.
(d) Prison contributes to the creation of psychopathy.

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

3. What do obligations and commitments mean to psychopaths?
(a) Everything.
(b) A way to confuse victims.
(c) A way to cover up evil intentions.
(d) Nothing.

4. How did a psychopathic thief believe that his victims were better off?
(a) He hadn't done them any physical harm.
(b) They got to replace their possessions.
(c) They would collect more from insurance than their possessions were worth.
(d) They got to be in the newspaper headlines.

5. What does Hervey Cleckley say the psychopath is incapable of understanding?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Other people's behavior.
(c) Personal values.
(d) Society's rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?

2. How do psychopaths often react to perceived insults?

3. How is antisocial personality disorder diagnosed?

4. What do psychopaths commit twice as often as other criminal offenders?

5. What population makes up two-thirds of the victims of psychopathic criminals?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do psychopaths typically speak of the harm they have caused to others?

2. Why does the author claim it is not surprising that psychopaths commit more violent acts than other criminals?

3. What motivates most people to abide by the rules of society?

4. Without an internal motivation to abide by society's rules, what is the psychopath free to do?

5. What distinguishes psychopaths who become criminals?

6. What are some important differences between the violent acts of psychopaths and the violent acts of other criminals?

7. Why has the author determined not to devote much of his book to psychodynamic, unconscious processes of psychopathy?

8. What experience has convinced the author that the public needs to understand psychopathy?

9. What early behavior problems are sometimes symptomatic of psychopathy?

10. What factor in Ray's behavior puzzled the author and led him to further study?

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