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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. How do psychopaths often react to perceived insults?
(a) With long-term planned revenge.
(b) With rigid self-control.
(c) With faked forgiveness.
(d) With extreme but short-lived outbursts.

2. What psychopath does the author claim commanded a nation?
(a) Pol Pot.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Idi Amin.
(d) Stalin.

3. What is socialization?
(a) Learning to network.
(b) Learning to make friends.
(c) Learning to live by society's rules.
(d) Learning to speak the language of those around you.

4. What percentage of serious crimes are committed by psychopaths?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Twenty.

5. What often impresses people about psychopaths' discussion of technical subjects?
(a) Multiple university degrees.
(b) Confident use of technical jargon and concepts.
(c) Concern about being revealed as phony.
(d) Wide-ranging interests.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ray trap the author by showing him a knife?

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

3. How do psychopaths tend to feel about the future?

4. How many psychopaths are estimated to be in North America?

5. What is the difficulty in using empathy, egocentricity, or guilt as determinants in a diagnosis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't the psychopath's need for change and excitement make him a good candidate for dangerous jobs?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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