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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do psychopaths tend to feel about the future?
(a) They live in an imagined future.
(b) They look forward to better days.
(c) They plan constantly.
(d) They give it little thought.

3. What was Ted Bundy's opinion of guilt?
(a) It's an unhealthy mechanism to control people.
(b) It helps keep society functional.
(c) It's just a dream.
(d) There is no better way to control behavior.

4. What effect did Jeffrey have on Elyse's future relationships with men?
(a) She was on guard.
(b) She felt unworthy of a wholesome relationship.
(c) She was promiscuous.
(d) She was angry and hostile.

5. Why is it important for parole boards to understand psychopathy?
(a) All psychopaths will lie at parole hearings.
(b) Psychopathy is a strong predictor of recidivism.
(c) Most criminals are psychopathic.
(d) Psychopaths will eventually kill someone.

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

7. How did Kenneth Bianchi convince some clinicians that he was not one of the Hillside Stranglers?
(a) He claimed multiple personalities.
(b) He turned in his friend Steve.
(c) He proved it was his cousin, Angelo Buono.
(d) He demonstrated a firm alibi.

8. How does Ronald Markman account for the public fascination with remorseless psychopaths?
(a) We admire them.
(b) We feel sorry for them.
(c) We envy them.
(d) We have something of them in us and we want to know what it is.

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

10. Why do concrete rewards override negative future consequences in the psychopath's mind?
(a) Future consequences are unimportant.
(b) Future consequences may not come to pass.
(c) Future consequences are distant.
(d) Future consequences are vague.

11. Why was the kitchen an inappropriate placement for Ray?
(a) He could steal silverware.
(b) He had access to the ingredients to make alcohol.
(c) He had access to poisons.
(d) He had access to knives.

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

13. What did John Wayne Gacy say about his career murdering thirty-three people?
(a) "They all deserved to die."
(b) "I don't know what came over me."
(c) "It was another person inside of me."
(d) "I was the victim."

14. Why were second-degree murder charges against Roxanne Murray dropped?
(a) She was remanded to a mental hospital.
(b) The court agreed that she had to kill her husband.
(c) She was found to be insane.
(d) The charge was bumped up to first degree murder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elsa's first clue to Dan's criminal activity?

2. What question did Joe McGinniss wrestle with during his relationship with Jeffrey MacDonald?

3. What impression do astute observers sometimes get about psychopaths?

4. Upon what two abilities does conscience depend?

5. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be crazy?

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