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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 was the name of the mental health institute that Ed died at?

2. What did Ed tell the police that he had the power to do?

3. During which event did Ed confess to many charges?

4. What was Ed's reaction to a preacher visiting him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ed seem to blame for all of his troubles?

2. Describe the encounter between the governor-elect and Ed Gein.

3. Why did law officials find they had to be careful of planting ideas in Ed's head?

4. What was the overall attitude of the Plainfield people at the tourism Ed Gein brought to the town?

5. According to what Ed told his doctors, what would have stopped him from committing crimes?

6. Describe the argument of whether or not Ed should be moved or not.

7. Describe Ed's death.

8. What role did bribes play in the media attention surrounding Ed Gein?

9. What reason did Ed give for digging up graves?

10. What influence did Ed have on fiction writers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Ed identified only with children? Why didn't he have any friends his own age? What influenced him to be this way?

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