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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Lifestyles, pg 57-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John Wayne Gacy say about his career murdering thirty-three people?
(a) "I was the victim."
(b) "They all deserved to die."
(c) "I don't know what came over me."
(d) "It was another person inside of me."

2. What is the author's objective in writing this book?
(a) To help mislabelled psychopaths get out of prison.
(b) To help people better understand psychopathy.
(c) To help people diagnose the psychopaths they may know.
(d) To help people escape from psychopathic interaction.

3. What impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?
(a) They are not talkative.
(b) They are unusually altruistic.
(c) They seem to be play-acting.
(d) They are not easily angered.

4. How do psychopaths tend to view their own aggression?
(a) As supernatural.
(b) As uncontrollable.
(c) As non-existent.
(d) As a natural response to provocation.

5. What question first raised by Ray has stayed with the doctor throughout his career?
(a) Am I crazy or is Ray?
(b) How can Ray claim he was my assistant?
(c) What did I do to turn Ray against me?
(d) What in the psychopath's mentality gives him the power to override reality?

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the criminal activities of psychopaths compare with those of other criminals?

2. What question did Joe McGinniss wrestle with during his relationship with Jeffrey MacDonald?

3. Why was the kitchen an inappropriate placement for Ray?

4. What do clinicians who prefer the term "sociopath" believe?

5. What was the first thing the author noticed about Ray when he met him?

(see the answer key)

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