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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 do psychopaths often gain from therapy programs?
(a) New friends.
(b) A new outlook.
(c) New excuses and rationalizations.
(d) A new hope for the future.

2. For what career are psychopaths uniquely well-suited?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Financial advisors.
(c) Imposters.
(d) Lawyers.

3. To what does the author compare the psychopath's experience of emotion?
(a) Color blindness.
(b) Blindness.
(c) A riot.
(d) A waterfall.

4. Why is it important to avoid power struggles with a psychopath?
(a) They are smarter than the rest of us.
(b) Their need for dominance causes them to focus on winning.
(c) They will take revenge if you defeat them.
(d) They will always win.

5. What effect does parental behavior have on psychopathy?
(a) It has no relationship to the psychopath's behavior.
(b) It can ameliorate or exacerbate but not cause psychopathy.
(c) It can cause psychopathy but not ameliorate or exacerbate.
(d) It is the primary cause of psychopathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How secure are psychopaths in their own worldview?

2. On what basis do parole boards release prisoners?

3. What is the most heart-wrenching situation involving psychopathy?

4. What might be learned about psychopaths from brain imaging technology?

5. Why was Jeffrey Dahmer able to convince policemen that he was not committing crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have family members often unwittingly contributed to a psychopath's misbehavior?

2. What is the danger of inaccurate diagnosis of psychopathy?

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

4. Why are nurturing, kind-hearted women ideal victims for psychopaths?

5. What attitude do white-collar psychopaths take toward their victims?

6. Why does Kiki Olson say that the inclusion of more women in the workforce has opened new pathways for psychopaths?

7. What tools do white-color psychopaths use to get what they want?

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

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

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

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