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?
Vera Harding

Mrs. Bromden

Nurse Ratched

Mrs. Bibbit
2 What is Nurse Ratched's only incongruous physical trait?
Her full lips

Her large breasts

Her orange nail polish

Her smooth skin
3 Which of the following does McMurphy represent the least?
Rational choice

Anti-social behavior

Sexual liberation

Insanity
4 Which character calls the patients rabbits who need a strong wolf?
Nurse Ratched

R.P. McMurphy

Dale Harding

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?
Backgammon

Basketball

Monopoly

Cards
7 What represents insanity for Chief Bromden?
The Fog

The Combine

Chewing Gum

Nurse Ratched
8 Which character is most likely a closeted homosexual?
Nurse Ratched

Dale Harding

Chief Bromden

Billy Bibbit
9 Which is not an objection that a patient has about Nurse Ratched's policies?
The impossibility of getting an Accompanied Pass

The loud music

The rationing of cigarettes

The locking of the dormitories on the weekends
10 Which character has been a patient on the ward the longest?
Colonel Matterson

Cheswick

R.P. McMurphy

Chief Bromden
11 Who tells McMurphy that Nurse Ratched determines when he leaves the institution?
Washington

Dale Harding

Geever

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

When Nurse Ratched refuses to turn down the music.

When the black boys take McMurphy's clothes.

When he learns that Nurse Ratched controls when McMurphy may leave.
13 Which character suffers from intense feelings of Catholic guilt and shame?
Nurse Ratched

Nurse Pilbow

Billy Bibbit

Dale Harding
14 What is significant about the origin of Billy Bibbit's stutter?
It shows that the cause of Billy Bibbit's problems is his mother.

It shows that Billy Bibbit is a closeted homosexual.

It shows that Billy Bibbit suffers from feelings of sexual inadequacy.

It shows that Nurse Ratched causes more problems than she solves.
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 intimidated by McMurphy and can only respond through indirect means.

She is secretly planning to lobotomize McMurphy.

She knows that she ultimately controls his fate and can determine his release.
16 What criterion does Nurse Ratched use to determine who works on her ward?
Fear

Anger

Physical size

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

Disturbing the Peace

Assault and Battery

Public Indecency
18 Which of the characters is not a war veteran?
Chief Bromden

Charles Cheswick

R.P. McMurphy

Colonel Matterson
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?
He was a full Indian chief.

His wife drove him to alcoholism.

His name means "Stands With a Fist."

He married a town woman.
21 What is significant about the patients' encounter at the gas station?
It shows the patients the power that their mental illness gives them.

It shows the patients how McMurphy is ashamed of associating with them.

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

It shows the patients how they are unable to deal with the outside world.
22 Which of the following does not match the character to his appropriate trait?
Billy Bibbit - stutterer

Charles Cheswick - bull goose loony

George Sorenson - compulsive about cleanliness

Dale Harding - hallucinates about air raids
23 Which bet does McMurphy not make with the other patients?
He bets that a person can move the control panel in the tub room.

He bets that he can get Chief Bromden to speak.

He bets that he can get Nurse Ratched to show some sign of weakness within a week.

He bets that he can hit the clock with a dab of butter.
24 Which character describes his mother as twice as tall as his father?
Charles Cheswick

Dale Harding

Chief Bromden

Billy Bibbit
25 Which of the following is not a reason for Nurse Ratched's confidence?
She knows that she controls McMurphy's fate.

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

She has "the Combine" supporting her.

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

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