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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 is attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder?
(a) Developmentally inappropriate inattention and impulsiveness.
(b) Hostile, aggressive behavior.
(c) Major violations of society's rules.
(d) Unremitting truancy.

2. What do psychopaths often miss?
(a) Public regard.
(b) Love and affection.
(c) Cues that warn of danger.
(d) Opportunities to succeed.

3. Who was Amy Fisher?
(a) The Mata Hari of New York.
(b) The Long Island Lolita.
(c) Tokyo Rose.
(d) A Playboy bunny murder.

4. When is the best period for changing the behavior or psychopaths?
(a) Before adolescence.
(b) In early adulthood, when comprehension is best.
(c) In adolesence, when change is inevitable.
(d) After midlife, when emotions become calmer.

5. What is the most distressing aspect of increasing juvenile crime?
(a) Increasing hostility toward adults.
(b) Increasing disregard for social rules.
(c) Increasing cooperation among young offenders.
(d) The ever-younger age at which crimes are committed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can you protect yourself from a psychopath's flattery?

2. What does the author believe Grigson's approach lacks?

3. Why did the Australian Supreme Court pronounce Garry David mentally ill?

4. How do psychopaths treat those in positions superior to them?

5. How did the congregation of Ed Lopes react to discovering he was actually a thief and murderer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of professions are likely choices for white-collar psychopaths?

2. What "uncanny" ability of psychopaths helps them find potential victims?

3. What benefits came from public exposure to the man who claimed to be a Berkeley Ph.D. in psychology and was discovered by a local reporter to have faked his resume when he ran for the school board?

4. What distinguishes the lying of psychopaths from that of other liars?

5. Why does the author think it important to know about the eyes of a psychopath?

6. What benefit does a psychopath typically get from therapy programs?

7. What is a hypothetical, and why is it dangerous in arriving at a diagnosis of psychopathy?

8. Why is it difficult to identify psychopathy in children?

9. What is the danger of inaccurate diagnosis of psychopathy?

10. Why are nurturing, kind-hearted women ideal victims for psychopaths?

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