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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 did people remember most about Gary Tison, the murderer?
(a) His cold, hard eyes.
(b) His amiable disposition.
(c) His interest in them.
(d) His ready laugh.

2. What is a person's best defense against psychopaths?
(a) Restraining orders.
(b) Understanding their nature.
(c) Compassion for their situation.
(d) Alerting the authorities.

3. How do psychopaths treat those in positions inferior to them?
(a) They brutalize them.
(b) They mock them.
(c) They con them.
(d) They ingratiate themselves.

4. What group is a frequent source of victims for psychopaths?
(a) Unmarried women.
(b) Older women.
(c) Lonely women.
(d) Naive women.

5. What did Dave suggest that his boss do?
(a) Disbelieve all the complaints about Dave.
(b) Discharge Dave.
(c) Leave the company and let Dave take over.
(d) Promote Dave.

Short Answer Questions

1. In how many cases did Dr. Grigson's expert testimony result in the death of defendants?

2. Which "special issue" makes the death penalty difficult to decide for those who must judge murderers in Texas?

3. Why did the Australian Supreme Court pronounce Garry David mentally ill?

4. Why do the victims of white-collar psychopaths often fail to report?

5. Which traditional forms of treatment are successful with psychopaths?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characteristics distinguish psychopathic use of non-verbal communication?

2. Why does the author say it is important that everyone learn how to deal with psychopathy?

3. Why is the option of ignoring the presence of psychopathy in children no longer available?

4. What are the reasons that psychotherapy is ineffective for psychopaths?

5. What is a hypothetical, and why is it dangerous in arriving at a diagnosis of psychopathy?

6. What does the Psychopathy checklist provide to clinicians that they are lacking?

7. Why is the typical advice to quit indulging misbehaving youth and get them into therapy considered by the author to be doomed to failure?

8. Why is it difficult to identify psychopathy in children?

9. What kinds of professions are likely choices for white-collar psychopaths?

10. What warnings does the author give to those who are trying to deal with psychopaths in their lives?

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