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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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A review for Ken Kesey's novel: One Flew Over the Cuckoo'd Nest.
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1
What does Chief Bromden do that shows McMurphy his strength?
He beats up an aid
He stands up to Nurse Ratched
He picks up the control panel
He talks and listens
2
What does it mean to be an "Acute"?
Someone who has no chance of being "fixed"
Someone who has a chance of being "fixed"
Someone who is very ugly
Someone who is very cute
3
What is ironic about the seizure medication?
It doesn't help seizures, but makes teeth strong
He calms the men, but has agitating side effects
It is more agitation, but has calming side effects
It helps seizures, but rots teeth
4
When Vera Harding visits her husband, what can we infer?
She is flirtatious
She visits out of duty
She gets easily upset
She loves her husband
5
Why does Nurse Ratched tell McMurphy he will have to accept a small defeat?
One of the "aunts" didn't show
No one wants to go anymore
He doesn't have enough money
Nurse Ratched wants to mess with him
6
What are Chief Bromden's first words since coming to the hospital?
"Pease sir, may I have some more?"
"Thank you."
"Go to hell!"
"Hallelujah!"
7
What does Billy Bibbit do after Nurse Ratched discovers him the next morning?
Apologize
Thanks McMurphy
Cut his throat
Want his mother
8
What happened to Cheswick?
He was killed in a hit and run accident
He drowned to death at the bottom of the pool
He died during a lobotomy
He died of natural causes
9
Chief Bromden realizes that ___ and ___ are what drive McMurphy.
The patients
His desire to win the game against Ratched
His girlfriend
His desire for freedom
10
What happens when someone gets too big?
They have to "bust" him
They have to "teach" him manners
They have to offer a "therapeutic" solution
They have to "install" new programming
11
Why is the game of Monopoly more therapeutic than the group meetings?
It causes the patients to works together
It causes the patients to understand their ailments
It causes the patients to deal with their illnesses
It causes the patients to fight with one another
12
Billy Bibbit's mother treats him like a...
Man
Son
Lover
Boy
13
McMurphy wants to go on a fishing trip. How does Ratched try to outwit him?
By suggesting that they aren't ready for an outing
By posting scary news articles about fishing
By encouraging them to go
By asserting her power over the patients
14
What does McMurphy discover about Chief Bromden?
Bromden isn't real
Bromden isn't crazy
Bromden isn't mute
Bromden isn't deaf
15
How does Nurse Ratched explain McMurphy's reason for being at the ward?
He's a psychopath
He willingly admitted himself
Comfort, an easy life, disruption for disruption's sake
Preparing for the work farm
16
How do the patients treat Bromden when he returns to the ward?
Like a failure
Like a coward
Like a friend
Like a hero
17
When McMurphy creates a song about gum and bedposts, what happens?
Nothing
It becomes a hit
He is taken in for EST
Chief Bromden laughs
18
After the fishing trip, what does Bromden notice about McMurphy?
He is happy
He is exhausted
He is scheming
He is depressed
19
How is McMurphy impacted by the shock treatment?
He appears unaffected
He becomes scared
He goes pale
He is completely changed
20
How does Chief Bromden set McMurphy free?
He smothers him with a pillow
He commits suicide
He takes his hat and wears it around the ward
He smothers Nurse Ratched with a pillow
21
When McMurphy first holds a vote to change TV time, what happens?
The men do not back him up
The men unanimously vote to move TV time
The men hold a counter vote to keep TV time the same
The men vote to move the TV to the tub rom
22
Why does McMurphy claim he broke the nurse's station window?
Voices made him do it
On accident
He planned it
Out of revenge
23
McMurphy convinces Rub-a-Dub George to go on the fishing trip by telling him that...
He doesn't have to touch anything dirty
He can be captain
He doesn't have to return to the hospital
He doesn't have to come
24
What is the first job McMurphy is given? How does he complete this job?
Latrine duty; poorly to infuriate Nurse Ratched
Latrine duty; well to impress Nurse Ratched
Laundry duty; neatly for all the patients
Laundry duty; neatly for himself only
25
To gain power, how do the men act at the gas station?
Cocky and insane
Cocky and prudish (like the Victorians)
Subdued and exuding malice
Subdued and respectful
26
What does McMurphy realize after talking to the lifeguard?
He doesn't know when he will be released
He has full control of his future
He knows exactly when he will be released
He has full control over Nurse Ratched
27
Who goes in the "aunt's" place?
Vera Wang
Mr. Washington
Vera Harding
Dr. Spivey
28
What bet does McMurphy make with the other patients?
That he can break the combine
That he can get Nurse Ratched's goat
That he can be the most disruptive patient ever
That he can get Billy Bibbit to stop studdering
29
Who is Chief Bromden?
White; Chronic; Narrator
African American; Acute; Main Character
Half Native American; Chronic; Narrator
Half Indian; Acute; Side character
30
Nurse Ratched turns down their vote. Ho do the patients protest?
They break the nurse's station window
They throw a party
They beat up the aids
They watch a blank TV
31
At the end of Chapter 15, why do the men vote to move TV time?
To please McMurphy
To watch the World Series
To get back at Nurse Ratched
To get extra space to move around in
32
Dr. Spivey says that the men aren't from the mental asylum, but from a...
Foundation for troubled adults
Stewardship program
Work crew
Mental asylum
33
Why does Bromden disapprove of McMurphy breaking the nurse's station window?
McMuprhy is getting too small
McMuprhy is getting too big
McMuprhy is showing is insanity
McMuprhy is showing his sanity
34
On the day of the fishing trip, what does Bromden refuse to do?
Sweep the halls
Take his little red pill
He murders a fellow patient
He refuses to go on the trip
35
After McMurphy attacks Nurse Ratched, how has she changed?
She is scared of the patients
She can't talk
She is still in control
She has lost power
36
When Chief Bromden dreams of the hospital basement, what falls out of Blastic instead of blood?
Rust and computer parts
Blood and guts
Solid and liquified foods
Unicorns and rainbows
37
Ken Kesey became interested in altered states of perception when he encountered:
LSD
Patients in a mental asylum
Neal Cassidy
A textbook on mental illnesses
38
Why are Bromden and McMurphy sent to disturbed?
They refuse to take their showers
They get into a violent altercation
They try to escape the ward
They caused Cheswick's death
39
What purpose does the control panel incident serve?
McMurphy tried and we shouldn't judge him
McMurphy is a failure and just wants an easy life
McMurphy literally tried to take control, and succeeded
McMurphy literally tried to take control, and failed
40
What is the most shocking thing McMurphy has listed on his rap sheet?
Grand Larceny
Battery
Dishonorable discharge
Rape
41
The first impression we get of Nurse Ratched is:
When she is as big as a tractor
When she is as small as a wind up mouse
When she is small and hamless
When we see that she is big and powerful
42
What does McMurphy find most puzzling?
Most men are there vountarity
Most men were committed
Most men have belief on the combine
Most men trust Nurse Ratched
43
On McMurphy's first morning at the ward, what is he doing that surprises all the patients?
He cries
He laughs
He sings
He talks
44
Dominant female figures cause for the elimination of:
Expression
Freedom
Individuality
Love
45
Why are the Acutes afraid of the Chronics?
Because the Acutes fear they will become Chronics
Because the Big Nurse forbids it
Because they want to hang out together, but know they can't
Because the Acutes are too good looking
