One Flew Over The Cuckoo's NEST
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- 1.The geese the Chief sees outside the hospital window symbolize
- A.
The idea that it is natural for a man to be an individual
- B.
Freedom
- C.
The Chief’s retreat from reality.
- D.
Nurse Ratched’s power to control the natural sexuality of the male patients
- 2.The description of Harding’s hands is significant because
- A.
They give the reader a clue as to his sexual difficulties
- B.
Their large, meaty appearance contrasts with Harding’s meek manners
- C.
They have tobacco stains on the fingers, indicating that Harding is a chain smoker
- D.
Both A and B
- 3.The fishing trip is good for the men because
- A.
They catch a large swordfish
- B.
They regain some of their lost courage and learn to laugh again
- C.
The Chief talks for the first time
- D.
Billy sleeps with Candy
- 4.Which of the following statements about McMurphy is unquestionably true?
- A.
McMurphy is a psychopath because he lacks sound judgment and often acts impulsively in criminal or amoral ways.
- B.
McMurphy is at heart a con man who acts only for his own selfish gains.
- C.
McMurphy has lead a tough life with many fights, but his laugh is genuine.
- D.
McMurphy is secretly in love with Nurse Ratched.
- 5.The orderlies abuse the patients by
- A.
Cramming food into the chronics’ mouths more quickly than they can swallow it
- B.
Sexually abusing the men with thermometers.
- C.
Eating the food that was intended for the patients.
- D.
A, B, and C
- 6.Which of the following incidents from the story is an example of irony?
- A.
Vera Harding is a beautiful woman who is comfortable with her sexuality
- B.
Harding and most of the other acutes are in the hospital voluntarily, while McMurphy is committed to the hospital by a judge.
- C.
The Chief’s mother is a white woman.
- D.
Nurse Ratched is friends with Billy Bibbit’s mother.
- 7.Cheswick and Billy both commit suicide because
- A.
Once they have tasted what it is like to be strong men, they cannot go back to being “rabbits.”
- B.
McMurphy makes Nurse Ratched so mad she takes her anger out on them, and makes their lives miserable.
- C.
They cannot live with the knowledge they are never going to leave the hospital.
- D.
They have had so much EST that they can no longer function as men
- 8.Nurse Ratched decides to keep McMurphy on the ward after McMurphy defies her authority when he pretends to watch the world series on TV because
- A.
Dr. Spivey and the other staff members side with McMurphy.
- B.
She is secretly in love with McMurphy and cannot bear to have him removed from the ward.
- C.
She knows if she moves him to Disturbed, he will then become a martyr to the other patients
- D.
She truly wants what is best for McMurphy, and she thinks she is the best one to help him overcome his mental illness.
- 9.Which of the following incidents from the story is an example of black comedy?
- A.
When McMurphy first arrives on the ward, he greets everyone including the chronics like they are normal men while skillfully avoiding the orderly with the thermometer.
- B.
McMurphy cheerfully plays monopoly with the men even though Martini is having hallucinations all through the game.
- C.
McMurphy is given a lobotomy because of his violent behavior
- D.
Both A and B
- 10.“Ratched” and “Big Nurse” are appropriate names for the nurse in charge of the ward because
- A.
The Chief thinks anyone who is strong or in authority is also physically large. Therefore, he refers to Nurse Ratched as the “Big Nurse.”
- B.
“Ratched” sounds like the tool called a “ratchet.” This name is appropriate because Nurse Ratched is a tool used by society to force the mental patients to conform to society’s rules.
- C.
Nurse Ratched is a tall, large-busted woman who uses her womanly curves to sexually tease the men.
- D.
Both A and B
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