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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who normally serves on parole boards?

2. What is the danger in placing psychopaths in mental hospitals instead of prison settings?

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

4. What is the most overwhelming factor in the psychopath's ability to manipulate others?

5. What event in the life of Lawrencia Bembenek did 300 people gather to celebrate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What distinguishes the lying of psychopaths from that of other liars?

3. Why is it important to identify psychopathy in childhood?

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

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

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

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

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

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. What benefit does a psychopath typically get from therapy programs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining why clinicians and other mental health professionals are frequently unable to agree on a workable definition of psychopathy. With what other terms is it often confused? What dysfunction in the mental health system is created by these disagreements?

Essay Topic 2

Imagine that you have a friend whose new romantic interest appears to you to be a psychopath. You know that if you directly make this suggestion to your friend, your friendship will be at an end. Write an essay on the nature of psychopathy that you could show your friend in hopes that s/he would see the similarities between the cases to which you refer and her own situation. Feel free to invent the facts of your friend's situation, remembering that those facts have to demonstrate psychopathy.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think psychopaths do not normally get along with one another? Do you think they can recognize others who are like them? What makes you think so or not? In your essay, provide evidence for your opinion.

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