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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Crime: The Logical Choice, 83-101.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What opened Elyse's eyes to Jeffrey's true character?
(a) Elyse's parents warned her about him.
(b) He stole from her.
(c) He had sexual encounters with her roommates.
(d) The psychiatrist was taken in by Jeffrey's charm.

3. How did Ted Bundy trick his victims into accompanying him when he was a stranger to them?
(a) He used crutches and asked for help.
(b) He offered them chocolate.
(c) He had a cute dog.
(d) He pretended to know a mutual acquaintance.

4. How many psychopaths are estimated to be in North America?
(a) One hundred thousand.
(b) Two hundred thousand.
(c) One million.
(d) Two million.

5. How are psychopaths unlike psychotics?
(a) Unlike psychotics, psychopaths are rational.
(b) Unlike psychotics, psychopaths are intelligent.
(c) Unlike psychotics, psychopaths are emotional.
(d) Unlike psychotics, psychopaths are distressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How well do psychopaths get along with one another?

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

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

4. How does Ronald Markman account for the public fascination with remorseless psychopaths?

5. Why did Gary Gilmore claim that he was not a great thief.

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