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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. What do clinicians who prefer the term "sociopath" believe?
(a) Psychopathy is a mental illness.
(b) Psychopathy is inborn.
(c) Society is responsible for creating psychopaths.
(d) Psychopathy is caused by life experiences.

2. What do psychopaths commit twice as often as other criminal offenders?
(a) Acts of embezzlement.
(b) Acts of deception.
(c) Acts of robbery.
(d) Acts of violence.

3. What percentage of serious crimes are committed by psychopaths?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eighty.

4. What was the first thing the author noticed about Ray when he met him?
(a) Ray's evil aura.
(b) Ray's ease when lying.
(c) Ray's relaxed conversation.
(d) Ray's intense stare.

5. Why do socio-biologists claim that the number of psychopaths must be increasing?
(a) Social problems that lead to psychopathy are increasing.
(b) Psychopaths make other people psychopathic.
(c) Psychopaths are being more accurately diagnosed.
(d) Psychopaths produce large numbers of children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is psychological denial a disadvantage?

2. Why are nurturing women ideal prey for psychopaths?

3. For the psychopath, crime is a natural result of what?

4. What does the author say is the hallmark of a psychopath?

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

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