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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Flies in the Web, pg 144-154.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Ted Bundy claim was responsible for his murders?
(a) An alternate personality.
(b) His wife.
(c) A malignant entity.
(d) His mother's early childhood abuse.

3. How did John Grambling make his living?
(a) Defrauding the government.
(b) Defrauding friends.
(c) Defrauding clients.
(d) Defrauding banks.

4. How do psychopaths know what emotions to display to others?
(a) They read psychology texts.
(b) They use their listeners' reactions as cues.
(c) They study films.
(d) They take acting classes.

5. What does Hervey Cleckley say the psychopath is incapable of understanding?
(a) Personal values.
(b) Society's rules.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Other people's behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proportion of psychopaths are serial killers?

2. How do psychopaths tend to feel about the future?

3. What do McCord and McCord identify as the distinguishing trait of the psychopath?

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

5. How does the author describe the psychopath's typical lifestyle?

(see the answer key)

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