MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, this offender was believed to be delusional
when he bombed government office buildings in Oslo, Norway, killing eight and then
traveling to the island of Otoya where he attacked a youth summer camp killing 69.
a. Joachim Kroll
b. Richard Doney
c. Gerhard Schroeder
d. Anders Breivik
2. According to Hickey, which of the following is NOT a key issue in exploring serial
murder from a global perspective?
a. Serial murder is defined or viewed differently in other cultures.
b. Motives and methods for serial murder are influenced by cultural differences.
c. U.S. serial murderer profiles are often contradicted by serial murderer profiles created
by law enforcement agencies in other countries.
d. Understanding religion as a cultural factor in serial murder.
3. Responsible for the Port Arthur massacre, this offender took approximately nine
minutes to kill 35 men, women, and children. Most of the victims were tourists and local
residents.
a. Joachim Kroll
b. Gerhard Schroeder
c. Richard Doney
d. Martin Bryant
4. Whom did Jack the Ripper particularly enjoy targeting?
a. children
b. elderly
c. rich women
d. prostitutes
5. What did an examination of German serial killers by the German police find?
a. Homicide from robberies was as frequent as homicide with sexual motivations.
b. More of the killers were likely to have deep childhood trauma when compared to U.S.
serial killers.
c. About 70 percent of all homicides involving robberies and homicides were committed
by serial murderers.
d. More of the European killers targeted the affluent.
6. Why did German serial killer Gerhard Schroeder kill prostitutes?
a. They were attractive.
b. He was a lust killer.
c. They were easy targets.
d. He thought they had money.
7. This offender was raised in a physically and sexually abusive home where he
witnessed his alcoholic father raping his mother and sisters. He also engaged in
sexually abusing his sisters and eventually ran away from home. He used hammers,
knives, and scissors to kill both young girls and women. Eventually he was
apprehended and sent to the guillotine.
a. Donald Harvey
b. Orville Majors
c. Michael Swango
d. Peter Kurten
8. Where was the VICLAS system developed?
a. United States
b. England
c. Canada
d. South Africa
9. In the Harbort study, many of the German serial killers were found to be affected by
this.
a. brain abnormalities
b. mental illnesses
c. mental disorders
d. Klinefelter’s Syndrome
10. Harbort found that these German serial killers were apprehended at a faster rate.
a. females
b. younger
c. less intelligent
d. more intelligent
11. Harbort noted that these German serial killers had the longest killing careers.
a. female offenders
b. less intelligent offenders
c. offenders with high IQs
d. immigrants to Germany
12. Why is Joachim Georg Kroll, the Laundry Room Killer, of particular interest to
German profilers?
a. He had a low IQ.
b. He killed babies left unattended.
c. He was unemployed but had an extremely high IQ.
d. He wore underwear stolen from people he had killed.
13. What is a “superkiller?”
a. Someone who has claimed or been accused of murdering hundreds of victims.
b. Someone who has actually murdered hundreds of victims.
c. Someone who travels the world.
d. Someone who kills large numbers of victims and is never caught.
14. Since the end of World War II, how many cases of serial murder has Canada
documented?
a. over 50
b. none
c. 10
d. 187
15. He murdered 11 children and teens with a hammer because he “did not want them
to suffer as he had suffered.” He contended that his killings were “mercy killings” that
would never have happened had those children been raised in loving homes.
a. Ottis Toole
b. Clifford Olson
c. Arthur Shawcross
d. Andrei Chikatilo
16. What is the “Highway of Tears?”
a. a stretch of two-lane highway from Prince Rupert, B.C., to Prince George, B.C., and
on to Edmonton, Alberta
b. There is no actual highway; it is a metaphor.
c. the stretch of Route 66 from Tucumcari, New Mexico, to Los Angeles, California
d. Clinton Road in West Milford, New Jersey
17. He entertained prostitutes at his “Piggy Palace Good Times Society.” Thirty trace
remains of victims were found but most of the corpses were fed to his pigs that were
frequently bought and sold at local markets.
a. Robert Pickton
b. Clifford Olson
c. Jay Healey
d. Jean Baptiste
18. This offender was a military man who became one of the most prolific sexual
predators and murderers in Canadian history.
a. Jay Healey
b. Emil Kostov
c. Jean Baptiste
d. Russell Williams
19. This country executed a man, now referred to as the Tehran Vampire, for raping and
murdering nine women.
a. Iraq
b. Afghanistan
c. Iran
d. Egypt
20. Who was Europe’s most prolific modern serial killer?
a. Uri Zakotnova
b. Andrei Chikatilo
c. Stepan Valnophsky
d. Igor Makarov
21. Which of the following statements is true of the Gorby study?
a. South American, Central American and Middle Eastern countries combined
accounted for the largest percentage of serial killers in his data analysis.
b. Since 1900 the percentage of European cases has declined steadily while just the
opposite is occurring in non-European countries.
c. There were fewer female serial killers in the Gorby study than in the Hickey study.
d. Compared to the Hickey study, there were far fewer cases of serial murder in the
Gorby study where offenders had an accomplice.
22. A man of low self-esteem, this offender killed children and young women in and
around train stations. A paraphilic killer with a history of scopophilia and pedophilia, he
routinely stabbed out the eyes of his victims to avoid their stare and frequently practiced
anthropophagy.
a. Jeffery Dahmer
b. Andrei Chikatilo
c. Charles Albright
d. Douglas Clark
23. Which of the following showed the greatest variance between the Hickey and Gorby
studies?
a. percentage of accomplices
b. percentage of victims per case
c. percentage using firearms
d. percentage of males strangling their victims
24. The United States’ murder rate is _____ times higher than Japan’s.
a. 5
b. 11
c. 16
d. 21
25. Aki notes that the 95 percent homogeneity of Japan fosters a sense of _____.
a. honor
b. competition
c. despair
d. individualism
26. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The term “psychopath” has never been officially used in Japanese psychiatry.
b. Psychopath is a current, popular term in Japanese psychiatry.
c. The term “psychopath” was often used in Japan between 1955 and 1965 but
gradually faded from usage in Japanese psychiatry.
d. The term “psychopath” became popular in Japan following the rape of Nanking.
27. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Serial murder in Japan has decreased due to the decrease in sex crimes.
b. Serial murder in Japan has increased due to the increase in sex crimes.
c. As Japan’s pornography industry expands the number of sex crimes has markedly
decreased.
d. As Japan’s pornography industry expands the number of sex crimes has markedly
increased.
28. Japanese male offenders were more likely than their American male counterparts to
murder using this method.
a. guns
b. poisons
c. stabbing
d. strangulation
29. Born in 1966 east of Johannesburg, South Africa, this offender became a prime
example of cases that do not fit traditional profiles of violent offenders.
a. Stewart Wilken
b. Anders Breivik
c. Martin Bryant
d. Fritz Haarmann
30. Which of the following is NOT one of Raj’s types of mutilation?
a. defensive
b. offensive
c. aggressive
d. torture
TRUE/FALSE
1. Few serial murderers are found to be insane in the eyes of the law.
2. German serial murderers are less prone than American serial murderers to take
trophies and travel large distances to find victims.
3. Few countries appear to have a problem of certain offenders being defined as
“superkillers,” meaning offenders who claim outrageous victim counts.
4. Japan is among countries with high rates of serial murder.
5. American serial killers were slightly more likely to be involved in postmortem activities
including mutilation.
COMPLETION
1. _____ also finds its roots in stressors such as rejection, abandonment, loss,
humiliation, and hatred.
2. During the 1800s, the notion of murders by _____ and _____ can be attributed to
much folklore.
3. Aki found that crime in Japan is deterred more by _____ and _____ than legal
punishments.
4. South Africa has a murder rate over _______ times that of the United States.
5. In recent years crime-scene investigators in _____ have been confronted with several
cases of muti-murders.
ESSAY QUESTIONS
1. Why is Jack the Ripper believed to have ushered in the concept of serial murder?
2. Analyze how culture and nationality not only affects serial killing, but its definition.
3. What is the problem with the idea of “superkillers?” Why is it unlikely that any ever
existed? Discuss.