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

2. Why were second-degree murder charges against Roxanne Murray dropped?
(a) She was remanded to a mental hospital.
(b) She was found to be insane.
(c) The charge was bumped up to first degree murder.
(d) The court agreed that she had to kill her husband.

3. What form of mental illness has about the same prevalence in North America as psychopathy?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Oppositional-Defiant disorder.
(c) Bipolar syndrome.
(d) Paranoia.

4. Why do concrete rewards override negative future consequences in the psychopath's mind?
(a) Future consequences may not come to pass.
(b) Future consequences are distant.
(c) Future consequences are unimportant.
(d) Future consequences are vague.

5. What attitude toward children is a common theme among psychopaths?
(a) A sincere interest.
(b) An emotional attachment.
(c) Violence.
(d) An indifference to their welfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. How well do psychopaths get along with one another?

2. What effect did Jeffrey have on Elyse's future relationships with men?

3. How are psychopaths unlike psychotics?

4. What percentage of offenders who kill law enforcement officers are psychopathic?

5. What do McCord and McCord identify as the distinguishing trait of the psychopath?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has the term "psychopath" contributed to confusion about its meaning?

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

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

5. What does William March list as some reasons good people do not readily recognize psychopathy?

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

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

8. Why is it important to determine whether a psychopath is mentally ill or simply a wrongdoer?

9. What signs did Helen have that her preadolescent daughter, Alice, was "off"?

10. What distinguishes psychopaths who become criminals?

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