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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 does a preschool psychopath understand about right and wrong?
(a) It's right if my mother says, okay.
(b) It's wrong if I don't get caught; it's right if I do.
(c) It's wrong if I get caught; it's right if I don't.
(d) It's wrong if my mother says, no.

2. How do psychopaths perceive the world?
(a) The world is a garden of opportunity.
(b) The world is waiting to be plundered.
(c) The world is a hostile place.
(d) The world is a paradise.

3. Why do the victims of psychopaths often have trouble convincing others?
(a) The victims are not convincing speakers.
(b) Psychopaths paint the victims as the real culprits.
(c) The victims are often wrongdoers themselves.
(d) Their stories are too extreme to be believed.

4. Why did the Australian Supreme Court pronounce Garry David mentally ill?
(a) Anyone with David's history must be mentally ill.
(b) David was obviously schizophrenic.
(c) David's behavior was clearly anti-social.
(d) No psychopath could possibly be sane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most distressing aspect of increasing juvenile crime?

2. What is the main danger of failing to diagnose psychopathy in a child?

3. Why did the author decline to diagnose Saddam Hussein?

4. Which part of the brain is more emotional and processes events simultaneously?

5. What did one psychopath say made a good liar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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