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. Bibbit

Nurse Ratched

Mrs. Bromden

Vera Harding
2 What is Nurse Ratched's only incongruous physical trait?
Her full lips

Her orange nail polish

Her smooth skin

Her large breasts
3 Which of the following does McMurphy represent the least?
Anti-social behavior

Insanity

Sexual liberation

Rational choice
4 Which character calls the patients rabbits who need a strong wolf?
Dale Harding

R.P. McMurphy

Billy Bibbit

Nurse Ratched
5 What is significant about Dr. Spivey's suggestion about the tub room?
It shows that McMurphy is only interested in games and gambling.

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

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.
6 Which of the following games do the patients not play?
Backgammon

Monopoly

Cards

Basketball
7 What represents insanity for Chief Bromden?
The Fog

Nurse Ratched

The Combine

Chewing Gum
8 Which character is most likely a closeted homosexual?
Dale Harding

Nurse Ratched

Billy Bibbit

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

The locking of the dormitories on the weekends

The loud music

The rationing of cigarettes
10 Which character has been a patient on the ward the longest?
Colonel Matterson

Chief Bromden

R.P. McMurphy

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

A Lifeguard

Geever

Dale Harding
12 When is the first instance in which McMurphy becomes angry?
When the black boys take McMurphy's clothes.

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.
13 Which character suffers from intense feelings of Catholic guilt and shame?
Nurse Pilbow

Dale Harding

Nurse Ratched

Billy Bibbit
14 What is significant about the origin of Billy Bibbit's stutter?
It shows that Billy Bibbit is a closeted homosexual.

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

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

It shows that Billy Bibbit suffers from feelings of sexual inadequacy.
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 knows that she ultimately controls his fate and can determine his release.

She is secretly planning to lobotomize McMurphy.

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

Anger

Cruelty

Physical size
17 For which crime is McMurphy not arrested?
Disturbing the Peace

Public Indecency

Statutory Rape

Assault and Battery
18 Which of the characters is not a war veteran?
Colonel Matterson

Charles Cheswick

Chief Bromden

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

Sheep

Chickens at a pecking party

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

His wife drove him to alcoholism.

He married a town woman.

He was a full Indian chief.
21 What is significant about the patients' encounter at the gas station?
It shows the patients how they are unable to deal with the outside world.

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.
22 Which of the following does not match the character to his appropriate trait?
Dale Harding - hallucinates about air raids

George Sorenson - compulsive about cleanliness

Billy Bibbit - stutterer

Charles Cheswick - bull goose loony
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 Nurse Ratched to show some sign of weakness within a week.

He bets that he can get Chief Bromden to speak.

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?
Dale Harding

Billy Bibbit

Charles Cheswick

Chief Bromden
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.

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