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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. Who delayed the transfer of Ed to another state mental hospital?

2. How much evidence was present in Gein's house?

3. How long did Ed spend at the state hospital before the final decision was made about his fate?

4. About how many people traveled to Gein's town to look at his house?

5. What was the admission charge to enter Ed's home before the auction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were people most unwilling to accept about Ed?

2. What influence did Ed have on fiction writers?

3. Why did some of Ed's neighbors feel guilty?

4. What was Ed's reaction to having his petition for release refused?

5. What judgment did a judge make about Ed during the trial?

6. What did doctors find when Ed was tested physically and psychologically?

7. What were the two major issues on the agenda of those involved in Ed Gein's legal proceedings?

8. How did people try to make light of Ed Gein and the crimes he committed?

9. How many murders was Ed associated with?

10. What happened to the evidence from the Gein case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Ed murder people and dig graves? What influenced him to commit such crimes? Is he the only one to blame?

Essay Topic 2

One of the major conflicts involved in Ed's case was whether or not the police should exhume the bodies of those Ed claimed to have dug up. What do you think should have been done in this situation?

Essay Topic 3

The autopsy notes on one of the bodies Ed created attributed the death to "comic book violence." Why is this true or untrue? Is there a comparable and more modern scenario?

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