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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Jack Abbott reject the word "remorse" in his case?
(a) Remorse implies that you did something wrong.
(b) Remorse is a waste of time.
(c) Remorse is unhealthy.
(d) His victim was better off.

2. What percentage of prison inmates are psychopathic?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.

3. What emotions are the mainsprings of conscience for most people?
(a) Altruism and kindness.
(b) Love and hope.
(c) Shame and embarrassment.
(d) Fear and anxiety.

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

5. What physician who murdered his family was portrayed in the movie Fatal Vision?
(a) Gary Tison.
(b) Kenneth Bianchi.
(c) John Wayne Gacy.
(d) Jeffrey MacDonald.

6. Of what do today's young criminals have less?
(a) Strategic planning.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Education.
(d) Empathy.

7. What question first raised by Ray has stayed with the doctor throughout his career?
(a) How can Ray claim he was my assistant?
(b) Am I crazy or is Ray?
(c) What did I do to turn Ray against me?
(d) What in the psychopath's mentality gives him the power to override reality?

8. What term is often inappropriately applied to psychopaths?
(a) Schizophrenic.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Psychotic.

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

10. What do McCord and McCord identify as the distinguishing trait of the psychopath?
(a) Self-pity.
(b) Intense staring.
(c) Aggression.
(d) Guiltlessness.

11. How does the author feel about films that allow identification with psychopaths?
(a) They are cathartic, releasing our interest in evil without doing harm.
(b) They are powerful role models for people with problems.
(c) They are helpful diagnostic tools.
(d) They are silly and have no connection with reality.

12. What programs administer treatment if the psychopath is judged to be crazy?
(a) Universities.
(b) Research hospitals.
(c) Mental health facilities.
(d) Correctional facilities.

13. Why are psychopathic killers sometimes judged sane?
(a) They suffer from mental illness.
(b) They are unusually intelligent.
(c) They are not deranged.
(d) They fool the authorities.

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

15. How did Ray take revenge on the author for not getting him work in his father's firm?
(a) He stalked the author's family.
(b) He wrote hate mail to the author.
(c) He vandalized his car.
(d) He told prison officials about the knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the typical cause of a psychopath's criminal activity?

2. What characteristics make psychopaths unsuitable for dangerous jobs?

3. What was the verdict in the case of Ted Bundy?

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

5. What form of mental illness has about the same prevalence in North America as psychopathy?

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