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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Nurse Ratched reprimand McMurphy for not letting the aides do?
2. What does Nurse Ratched remind McMurphy of?
3. When does the Group Meeting begin?
4. How were the patients being tested for TB?
5. Who does Chief Bromden recognize as doing the same thing that McMurphy does?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does McMurphy see as his ticket out of the mental ward?
2. What do the patients do when Nurse Ratched tells them to get away from the TV?
3. Which patients are the ones whose brains have been altered beyond repair from shock therapy and tranquilizers?
4. What does Nurse Ratched tell the young black men to do before breakfast?
5. When McMurphy tries to get the men to agree to watch the World Series, the second vote yields more votes than the first, but why isn't it valid, according to Nurse Ratched?
6. What action does McMurphy take as a result of #29?
7. How does Chief describe the days in the ward?
8. Why is Chief Bromden allowed to be in the meeting room when Nurse Ratched and the other members of the medical team are having a meeting?
9. What is the cleaning crew of the mental hospital called?
10. What does Nurse Ratched do during this meeting that unnerves the other people in the room?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The story of McMurphy's childhood years shows the reader that he was not always as strong as he now is, that he had to learn that the only person who would take care of him was himself. Do you agree with this statement? Do you think this is a healthy mental state to live in or an unhealthy mindset? Why or why not? If McMurphy hadn't been ignored as a child, do you think he would have figured out the lesson on his own? Or do people need something horrible to happen before they can learn some lessons? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Harding is the character in the story that seems to be the most well-adjusted, aside from McMurphy. So, why do you think he is in the ward to begin with? Is he hiding from his wife or is he genuinely trying to change himself? Why do you think he has so many troubles with his wife in the first place? Why do you think Harding married his wife?
Essay Topic 3
Some patients on the ward are labels Chronics because they aren't ever going to leave the ward, but is this a reasonable idea? Do you think that some mental diseases cannot be cured? Why or why not? What kinds of symptoms/signs are incurable? Or can every person return to the outside world at one point or another?
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