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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. For whom did Chief Bromden's father make the decision he did in #65?
2. Who is the president of the Patient's Council?
3. What is another name the patients have for EST?
4. What is bothering McMurphy now that he has gotten his way?
5. What does McMurphy do as a result of the swimming trip?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which patients are the ones who have the highest likelihood of being cured?
2. What changes McMurphy's mind about the way he has been acting on the ward?
3. Which patients are the ones whose brains have been altered beyond repair from shock therapy and tranquilizers?
4. 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?
5. Who is described as being alert and chipper, unlike other new admissions?
6. Why doesn't Nurse Ratched want McMurphy sent to the Disturbed ward?
7. What does Harding's wife do when she comes to visit?
8. Why does the shaving of his head upset Chief Bromden?
9. What causes Nurse Ratched to fly into a rage at the start of the novel?
10. What does McMurphy see as his ticket out of the mental ward?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
McMurphy is accused of always 'winning things' as Chief Bromden puts it. What do you think this means to the other patients and to Chief Bromden? What are some of the things that McMurphy 'wins' on the ward? What are some of the things that McMurphy loses? Is it fair for McMurphy to be thought of as someone who is manipulating others? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
The patients of the ward all seem to have their own troubles and issues, but as a whole, they don't seem to be an unhappy bunch. Or do they? What signs do you see that point to the well being of the characters in this book? Which characters are more well adjusted than others? Why do you say this? Which characters are the least well adjusted? Why do you say this?
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