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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Profile: Feelings and Relationships , pg 33-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are most studies of psychopathy done in prisons?
(a) Prison contributes to the creation of psychopathy.
(b) All prisoners are psychopathic.
(c) Psychopaths and information about them are readily available.
(d) Prisoners are willing guinea pigs for examination.

2. What was the verdict in the case of Ted Bundy?
(a) He was found to be psychopathic.
(b) He was found to be legally sane.
(c) He was found to be psychotic.
(d) He was found to be marginally accountable.

3. What question did Joe McGinniss wrestle with during his relationship with Jeffrey MacDonald?
(a) How could I have misunderstood him?
(b) How could I have understood him?
(c) How could I have missed all the signs?
(d) How could I have liked him?

4. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be sane but evil?
(a) Mental health facilities.
(b) Universities.
(c) Research hospitals.
(d) Correctional facilities.

5. How exactly does psychopathy correspond with troubled childhood?
(a) There is 100% correspondence.
(b) There is 75% correspondence.
(c) There is no correspondence.
(d) There is a 65% correspondence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are psychopaths seldom embarrassed about legal, financial or personal problems?

3. Why does William March say that good people are rarely suspicious?

4. How many psychopaths are estimated to be in North America?

5. How did Kenneth Bianchi convince some clinicians that he was not one of the Hillside Stranglers?

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