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

2. How did a psychopathic thief believe that his victims were better off?
(a) They would collect more from insurance than their possessions were worth.
(b) They got to be in the newspaper headlines.
(c) They got to replace their possessions.
(d) He hadn't done them any physical harm.

3. What often impresses people about psychopaths' discussion of technical subjects?
(a) Wide-ranging interests.
(b) Multiple university degrees.
(c) Concern about being revealed as phony.
(d) Confident use of technical jargon and concepts.

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

5. What do obligations and commitments mean to psychopaths?
(a) A way to confuse victims.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Everything.
(d) A way to cover up evil intentions.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What proportion of psychopaths are serial killers?

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

5. Why was the kitchen an inappropriate placement for Ray?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How are psychopaths often able to pass themselves off as experts?

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

5. Why are psychopathic killers often judged legally sane?

6. What factor in Ray's behavior puzzled the author and led him to further study?

7. How do psychopaths tend to view themselves in relation to others?

8. What experience has convinced the author that the public needs to understand psychopathy?

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

10. Why does the author claim it is not surprising that psychopaths commit more violent acts than other criminals?

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