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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 impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?
(a) They seem to be play-acting.
(b) They are not talkative.
(c) They are unusually altruistic.
(d) They are not easily angered.

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

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

4. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Psychotic.
(c) Schizophrenic.
(d) Paranoid.

5. Why is it important for parole boards to understand psychopathy?
(a) Most criminals are psychopathic.
(b) Psychopathy is a strong predictor of recidivism.
(c) All psychopaths will lie at parole hearings.
(d) Psychopaths will eventually kill someone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the author's objective in writing this book?

3. What did Philippe Pinel call psychopathy?

4. How do psychopaths often react to perceived insults?

5. How do law enforcement officials make use of psychopaths' lack of loyalty?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does the author claim it is not surprising that psychopaths commit more violent acts than other criminals?

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

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

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

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

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