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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 percentage of offenders who kill law enforcement officers are psychopathic?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Sixty-two.
(c) Forty-four.
(d) Ninety-eight.

2. How is antisocial personality disorder diagnosed?
(a) Rigorous personality testing.
(b) Emotional triggers.
(c) Antisocial and criminal behaviors.
(d) Reports of family and acquaintances.

3. What is the difficulty in using empathy, egocentricity, or guilt as determinants in a diagnosis?
(a) Everyone tested comes out at about the same level.
(b) The average clincian can't reliably assess those traits.
(c) Participants can lie in reporting.
(d) Clinicians are often prejudiced in favor of their clients.

4. How did Kenneth Bianchi convince some clinicians that he was not one of the Hillside Stranglers?
(a) He turned in his friend Steve.
(b) He demonstrated a firm alibi.
(c) He claimed multiple personalities.
(d) He proved it was his cousin, Angelo Buono.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ted Bundy claim was responsible for his murders?

2. How does the author describe the psychopath's typical lifestyle?

3. What does Hervey Cleckley say the psychopath is incapable of understanding?

4. What opened Elyse's eyes to Jeffrey's true character?

5. What is the "cycle of violence"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ray's showing a knife to the author put the author in an impossible position?

2. What distinguishes psychopaths from the mentally ill?

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

4. Why has the author decided that it's important to write about the technical topic of psychopathy at a level that the public can understand?

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

6. How did psychopaths fare as fighter pilots during World War II?

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

8. In what ways are psychopaths compared to science fiction androids by the author?

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

10. How do normal criminals become involved in a criminal lifestyle?

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