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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. _________ was not considered to be reputable among crime fighting units as early as the 1960s.
(a) DNA evidence.
(b) Profiling.
(c) Detective work.
(d) Therapy.

2. The National Center for the Analysis of _________ was put together by Ressler.
(a) Murders.
(b) Violent Crimes.
(c) Criminal Minds.
(d) Rapes.

3. Who was the person that was responsible for changing the troubles of law enforcement, according to Ressler?
(a) Charles Manson.
(b) Harvey Glatman.
(c) John Gacy.
(d) Ted Bundy.

4. Whom did Kemper have to live with after his parents decided they didn't want anything to do with him?
(a) His brother.
(b) Foster parents.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) His aunt.

5. Ressler argued that Dahmer's murders were a _________ case, with different features than Kemper or Bundy.
(a) Easy.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Dull.
(d) Mixed.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was often difficult to catch killers who were operating in different _________, according to Ressler.

2. The women in Columbus were being strangled with their own ____________.

3. One man was accused of killing eleven _________, but he claimed that he had a mental disorder.

4. Where was John Crutchley working at the time of his attempted murder incident?

5. Who did not believe that John was serious when he made the statements about killing women?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were Duane, Diane, and Fran doing at the apartment before the brutal murder?

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

4. How do criminals attempt to prevent police officers from finding out what they have done and their identity?

5. Why does Duane and his legal team want the sentence commuted?

6. What happened during a seminar that Ressler was giving on Rissell?

7. What were some of the qualities of Gacy that made him appear to be the least likely person to kill anyone?

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

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

10. How would Harvey Glatman find his victims, according to the book?

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