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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For what does Robert Lindner claim psychopaths strive?
(a) Societal change.
(b) Long-range happiness.
(c) Immediate satisfaction.
(d) Peace and security.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question first raised by Ray has stayed with the doctor throughout his career?

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

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

4. How do psychopaths often react to perceived insults?

5. How do psychopaths tend to view their own aggression?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ray's showing a knife to the author put the author in an impossible position?

2. How do normal criminals become involved in a criminal lifestyle?

3. Without an internal motivation to abide by society's rules, what is the psychopath free to do?

4. How do psychopaths come to be involved in crime?

5. In what ways are psychopaths compared to science fiction androids by the author?

6. How was Jeffrey able to override any suspicions Elyse should have had about him?

7. How has the term "psychopath" contributed to confusion about its meaning?

8. Why doesn't the psychopath's need for change and excitement make him a good candidate for dangerous jobs?

9. What early behavior problems are sometimes symptomatic of psychopathy?

10. Why has the author decided that it's important to write about the technical topic of psychopathy at a level that the public can understand?

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