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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 characteristics make psychopaths unsuitable for dangerous jobs?
(a) Fear and trepidation.
(b) Perfectionism and attention to detail.
(c) Unpredictability and carelessness.
(d) Adrenaline addiction.

2. What is the "cycle of violence"?
(a) Violent people commit escalating crimes.
(b) Violent people interact with other violent people.
(c) Violence causes revenge.
(d) Victims become perpetrators.

3. What is the author's objective in writing this book?
(a) To help people better understand psychopathy.
(b) To help mislabelled psychopaths get out of prison.
(c) To help people diagnose the psychopaths they may know.
(d) To help people escape from psychopathic interaction.

4. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be sane but evil?
(a) Mental health facilities.
(b) Correctional facilities.
(c) Universities.
(d) Research hospitals.

5. How does Ronald Markman account for the public fascination with remorseless psychopaths?
(a) We feel sorry for them.
(b) We have something of them in us and we want to know what it is.
(c) We admire them.
(d) We envy them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the typical cause of a psychopath's criminal activity?

2. What question did Helen and Steve ask themselves about their daughter Alice?

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

4. How is antisocial personality disorder diagnosed?

5. What was Elsa's first clue to Dan's criminal activity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do psychopaths tend to view themselves in relation to others?

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

4. Why are psychopathic killers often judged legally sane?

5. Why has the author mistrusted the results of psychological testing to identify psychopaths?

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

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

8. How are psychopaths often able to pass themselves off as experts?

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

10. How do psychopaths come to be involved in crime?

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