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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Internal Controls: The Missing Peice, pg 71-82.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say is the hallmark of a psychopath?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Mental anguish.
(c) A stunning lack of conscience.
(d) Delusions.

2. What characteristics make psychopaths unsuitable for dangerous jobs?
(a) Unpredictability and carelessness.
(b) Adrenaline addiction.
(c) Fear and trepidation.
(d) Perfectionism and attention to detail.

3. What proportion of psychopaths are serial killers?
(a) Half.
(b) One out of twenty to thirty thousand.
(c) One in fifty.
(d) One in a million.

4. Why are psychopaths seldom embarrassed about legal, financial or personal problems?
(a) Humble acceptance of responsibility is their hallmark.
(b) Problems are stepping stones to greater success.
(c) They don't admit they have problems.
(d) Problems are temporary, the fault of someone else.

5. What is the most common effect of psychopaths on their victims?
(a) Hatred and isolation.
(b) Guilt and regret.
(c) Confusion, disappointment and despair.
(d) Ecstasy followed by sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hervey Cleckley say the psychopath is incapable of understanding?

2. What need is sometimes satisfied for the psychopath by taking drugs?

3. What question did Helen and Steve ask themselves about their daughter Alice?

4. How do psychopaths tend to view family members?

5. What physician who murdered his family was portrayed in the movie Fatal Vision?

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