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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does McMurphy say the previous doctor he had diagnosed him with?
(a) Being a cannibal
(b) Being a predator
(c) Being a lost cause
(d) Being a psychopath

2. Who are those who still have hope of being cured in the mental hospital?
(a) No one
(b) Acutes
(c) Chronics
(d) Disturbed

3. Who are those whose brains have been altered beyond repair?
(a) Acutes
(b) Chronics
(c) New Admissions
(d) Toasteds

4. What does Nurse Ratched fear the men will think of McMurphy if he is sent away?
(a) He will be a martyr
(b) He will become a nuisance
(c) He will become an inspiration
(d) He will be forgotten

5. What are the men betting when they play cards?
(a) Pretzels
(b) Cigarettes
(c) Pennies
(d) Poker chips

Short Answer Questions

1. The majority of the men on the ward are not ________ cases.

2. Who finally raises their hand to help make for a majority?

3. Who explodes irrationally at Harding?

4. Does McMurphy move the item in #40 as he says he can?

5. What is Nurse Ratched's reaction to the answer to #55?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is described as being alert and chipper, unlike other new admissions?

2. How could Billy Bibbit be described?

3. How does McMurphy try to help Harding after the Group Meeting?

4. What does Nurse Ratched tell the young black men to do before breakfast?

5. Harding's wife comes to visit, causing everyone to see why she upsets him so much. What is McMurphy's reaction when Harding asks McMurphy his opinion of his wife?

6. Why does the shaving of his head upset Chief Bromden?

7. Which patients are the ones who have the highest likelihood of being cured?

8. After Nurse Ratched tells the men about their punishment (as described in the answer to #28), what does McMurphy declare out loud?

9. When McMurphy rants about the state of affairs in the ward, how does Billy Bibbit respond?

10. Which patients are the ones whose brains have been altered beyond repair from shock therapy and tranquilizers?

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