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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ressler get to review, though he decided that it wasn't from the killer?

2. Ressler wanted to make sure that mental health professionals would be able to handle __________ effectively.

3. What did Diane wake up to discover had happened to her?

4. What did the police find when they finally caught up to Duane, which caused Ressler to be brought into the case?

5. Who had send the bad information to the police, which was later discovered by officials?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is needed in order to create a valuable and effective profile for a criminal?

2. Whom did Ressler hope to educate in terms of dealing with serial killers properly?

3. What did Diane wake up to in the middle of the night after hanging out with friends?

4. What is the book that Ressler helped with in order to ensure it was properly written to show the reality of serial killers?

5. What was the criminal act that took place in Columbus, Georgia, where staging took place as well?

6. What was Glatman's claim about the women whom he eventually killed?

7. Why did many crime fighting units not feel that profiling was helpful in investigations?

8. What did Ressler point out to Yorkshire police when he listened to the tape of the killer?

9. What did police find when they investigated Gacy's home more closely?

10. What are stranger crimes which seemed to be on the rise after 1980?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In some serial killer cases, the killers say that they are told to follow through on the killing because voices told them to do so.

Part 1: Why are many serial killers driven by the voices of others?

Part 2: Do you believe that serial killers are actually hearing voices or just making excuses?

Part 3: How do you think serial killers could be assisted in not listening to the voices that tell them to kill?

Essay Topic 2

Many of the serial killers who are disorganized tend to have mental illnesses that cause them to take actions they might not otherwise take.

Part 1: Do you think mental illness is to blame for serial killing?

Part 2: How do you think people with mental diseases should be treated when they are convicted of crimes?

Part 3: Are people with mental illnesses to blame for what they have done?

Essay Topic 3

In the beginning of the book, Ressler realizes that the case of the vampire killer is not an ordinary case.

Part 1: How might you define the idea of an ordinary murder?

Part 2: How might you define the idea of a murder not being ordinary?

Part 3: Why do you think it's important to distinguish between and ordinary murder and a non-ordinary murder? Or, is it that important?

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