One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Quizzes

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Quiz 1

1 Which of the following is not a domineering mother figure in the novel?
Mrs. Bromden

Nurse Ratched

Mrs. Bibbit

Vera Harding
2 What is Nurse Ratched's only incongruous physical trait?
Her orange nail polish

Her full lips

Her smooth skin

Her large breasts
3 Which of the following does McMurphy represent the least?
Rational choice

Anti-social behavior

Insanity

Sexual liberation
4 Which character calls the patients rabbits who need a strong wolf?
R.P. McMurphy

Dale Harding

Nurse Ratched

Billy Bibbit
5 What is significant about Dr. Spivey's suggestion about the tub room?
It shows that Nurse Ratched controls the actions of the doctors.

It shows that McMurphy is as capable as Nurse Ratched of manipulating the system.

It shows that the doctors do not care about the welfare of the patients.

It shows that McMurphy is only interested in games and gambling.
6 Which of the following games do the patients not play?
Cards

Basketball

Backgammon

Monopoly
7 What represents insanity for Chief Bromden?
The Fog

Nurse Ratched

Chewing Gum

The Combine
8 Which character is most likely a closeted homosexual?
Chief Bromden

Dale Harding

Billy Bibbit

Nurse Ratched
9 Which is not an objection that a patient has about Nurse Ratched's policies?
The loud music

The rationing of cigarettes

The locking of the dormitories on the weekends

The impossibility of getting an Accompanied Pass
10 Which character has been a patient on the ward the longest?
Cheswick

Chief Bromden

Colonel Matterson

R.P. McMurphy
11 Who tells McMurphy that Nurse Ratched determines when he leaves the institution?
Dale Harding

Geever

A Lifeguard

Washington
12 When is the first instance in which McMurphy becomes angry?
When the patients refuse to support his plan for a schedule change.

When he learns that Nurse Ratched controls when McMurphy may leave.

When Nurse Ratched refuses to turn down the music.

When the black boys take McMurphy's clothes.
13 Which character suffers from intense feelings of Catholic guilt and shame?
Nurse Pilbow

Dale Harding

Billy Bibbit

Nurse Ratched
14 What is significant about the origin of Billy Bibbit's stutter?
It shows that Billy Bibbit suffers from feelings of sexual inadequacy.

It shows that Nurse Ratched causes more problems than she solves.

It shows that the cause of Billy Bibbit's problems is his mother.

It shows that Billy Bibbit is a closeted homosexual.
15 Why does Nurse Ratched usually not respond harshly to McMurphy's rebellion against her?
She knows that she can send McMurphy to another ward whenever he becomes too problematic.

She is secretly planning to lobotomize McMurphy.

She knows that she ultimately controls his fate and can determine his release.

She is intimidated by McMurphy and can only respond through indirect means.
16 What criterion does Nurse Ratched use to determine who works on her ward?
Fear

Physical size

Anger

Cruelty
17 For which crime is McMurphy not arrested?
Statutory Rape

Disturbing the Peace

Public Indecency

Assault and Battery
18 Which of the characters is not a war veteran?
Chief Bromden

Colonel Matterson

Charles Cheswick

R.P. McMurphy
19 To what does Harding compare the patients?
Cows at a slaughterhouse

Chickens at a pecking party

Sheep

Rabbits
20 Which of the following sentences about Tee Ah Millatoona is not true?
His name means "Stands With a Fist."

He married a town woman.

He was a full Indian chief.

His wife drove him to alcoholism.
21 What is significant about the patients' encounter at the gas station?
It shows the patients how McMurphy is ashamed of associating with them.

It shows the patients how they are unable to deal with the outside world.

It shows the patients that they cannot escape Nurse Ratched, even outside of the hospital.

It shows the patients the power that their mental illness gives them.
22 Which of the following does not match the character to his appropriate trait?
Billy Bibbit - stutterer

Charles Cheswick - bull goose loony

Dale Harding - hallucinates about air raids

George Sorenson - compulsive about cleanliness
23 Which bet does McMurphy not make with the other patients?
He bets that he can get Chief Bromden to speak.

He bets that he can hit the clock with a dab of butter.

He bets that a person can move the control panel in the tub room.

He bets that he can get Nurse Ratched to show some sign of weakness within a week.
24 Which character describes his mother as twice as tall as his father?
Dale Harding

Charles Cheswick

Chief Bromden

Billy Bibbit
25 Which of the following is not a reason for Nurse Ratched's confidence?
She has "the Combine" supporting her.

She knows that the other nurses on other wards will back up whatever she does.

She has the power to use procedures such as lobotomies and EST against McMurphy.

She knows that she controls McMurphy's fate.

what's the significance of the Santa Claus tale?

The Chief's Santa Claus tale is significant because it shows us that the Combine is capable of changing even an innocuous, innocent individual from a happy and content man into a conformist. This is part of hus argument that the Combine cannot...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/4/2013 10:01 AM