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

2. Who is the new Admission?

3. Who is allowed to be the meetings with the staff?

4. What does Nurse Ratched remind McMurphy of?

5. What is the diagnosis that the staff come to that they will put McMurphy into the Disturbed ward for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cleaning crew of the mental hospital called?

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

3. How could the patients of the ward be described?

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

5. What has McMurphy's rebellious spirit caused the men of the ward to begin to do?

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

7. How could Billy Bibbit be described?

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

9. What is the most surprising thing that McMurphy learns as they are waiting to be tested for TB?

10. How will the men be punished for the rebellious behavior they exhibited during the World Series?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The question as to whether or not McMurphy is simply manipulating the men to get what he wants is something that begins to pull the group apart. In your opinion, do you think this is what McMurphy is trying to do? Why or why not? Would it be a bad thing in either case? In the end, what does McMurphy really 'win' in the ward as a result of his actions? Anything?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of who is the 'bull goose loony' comes up early in the story. What do you think the importance of this title is? Why do the two men vie for it? What other characters in the story might be good candidates for this title as well? What qualities do you think make up the definition of a bull goose loony?

Essay Topic 3

When the Chief finally decides to speak, he chooses to speak to McMurphy. This is not the only person that McMurphy helps to open up. Why do you think the patients trust McMurphy? What qualities does he possess that make him a confidant? Do you think McMurphy is actually helping in the patients' respective recoveries? Why or why not?

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