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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 remind McMurphy of?
2. What is McMurphy supposed to be doing during the time in #46?
3. Why is Chief Bromden in the meeting room?
4. What are the men waiting around to do one Friday in the lab?
5. How were the patients being tested for TB?
Short Essay Questions
1. While the men understand McMurphy's change in behavior, what tragic event occurs that makes the ward go back to its normal routine?
2. What has McMurphy's rebellious spirit caused the men of the ward to begin to do?
3. 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?
4. What does McMurphy see as his ticket out of the mental ward?
5. How does McMurphy try to help Harding after the Group Meeting?
6. What is the punishment for the men after the incident in #3 takes place?
7. When Nurse Ratched tells McMurphy that he can not wear a towel when walking around in the ward, what does McMurphy do?
8. 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?
9. Which patients are the ones whose brains have been altered beyond repair from shock therapy and tranquilizers?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Nurse Ratched runs the ward with a briskness and calmness that in enviable in many ways. However, this lack of feeling also seems to create a higher likelihood of manipulating others for her own gain. That said, do you feel Nurse Ratched might do well to have some time in a mental ward herself? Why or why not? What are her main power issues and communication issues which need to be altered in order for her to live a more loving life?
Essay Topic 2
The many rebellions against Nurse Ratched show the characters' ability to take action when they want to, but are these rebellions the best idea? Why or why not? What are the benefits of these rebellions? What are the downsides? Can you think of any other way the characters could have dealt with the nurse's manipulations?
Essay Topic 3
The trips the patients take seem to be the times when the patients are the happiest. Why do you think this is the case? Is it merely because of the change of scenery or because of the trips' activities? Do you think these trips were a good idea for the patients? Why or why not? Were these trips a good idea for the nurses who allowed them? Why or why not?
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