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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) Psychopaths and information about them are readily available.
(b) Prison contributes to the creation of psychopathy.
(c) All prisoners are psychopathic.
(d) Prisoners are willing guinea pigs for examination.

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

3. What proportion of psychopaths are serial killers?
(a) One out of twenty to thirty thousand.
(b) One in fifty.
(c) Half.
(d) One in a million.

4. Why do socio-biologists claim that the number of psychopaths must be increasing?
(a) Psychopaths make other people psychopathic.
(b) Psychopaths are being more accurately diagnosed.
(c) Social problems that lead to psychopathy are increasing.
(d) Psychopaths produce large numbers of children.

5. How do the criminal activities of psychopaths compare with those of other criminals?
(a) Psychopaths' crimes are harder to detect.
(b) Psychopaths' crimes are more varied and frequent.
(c) Psychopaths' crimes are more specialized.
(d) Psychopaths' crimes are more violent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the most common effect of psychopaths on their victims?

3. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?

4. How do psychopaths often react to perceived insults?

5. How did Ray take revenge on the author for not getting him work in his father's firm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How was Jeffrey able to override any suspicions Elyse should have had about him?

5. In what key ways does a psychopath differ from normal criminals?

6. 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?

7. What distinguishes psychopaths who become criminals?

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

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

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

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