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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. In how many cases did Dr. Grigson's expert testimony result in the death of defendants?
(a) Fifteen out of thirty.
(b) Sixty-nine out of seventy.
(c) All of them.
(d) Fifty out of sixty.

2. What is oppositional defiant disorder?
(a) Self-contradictory behavior.
(b) Restless, inattentive behavior.
(c) Confused behavior.
(d) Negative, defiant behavior.

3. What is conduct disorder?
(a) A pattern of conduct that violates rules and the rights of others.
(b) A pattern of violent conduct.
(c) A pattern of conduct that involves deceit.
(d) A pattern of selfish conduct.

4. How did Clifford Olson see himself during his trial?
(a) As a hero.
(b) As a victim.
(c) As a celebrity.
(d) As a scapegoat.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is psychological denial a disadvantage?

2. How do psychopaths know what emotions to display to others?

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

4. What do psychopaths often gain from therapy programs?

5. What did Dr. Jerrold Post predict that Saddam Hussein would do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the victims of psychopaths so reluctant to believe evidence of their wrongdoing?

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

3. Why does the author think it important to know about the eyes of a psychopath?

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

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

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

7. What is it about the speech of psychopaths that may reveal the condition to an astute observer?

8. What "uncanny" ability of psychopaths helps them find potential victims?

9. What benefits came from public exposure to the man who claimed to be a Berkeley Ph.D. in psychology and was discovered by a local reporter to have faked his resume when he ran for the school board?

10. Who is Dr. Death, and why was he given that name?

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