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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. Why does the class get broken?

2. Who is the 'big toothless knotty old Swede'?

3. Who 'accidentally' throws the basketball through the nurse's window, breaking it for the third time?

4. What does Chief Bromden do as his first act of rebellion?

5. What does McMurphy do one last time after Nurse Ratched accuses him playing God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story that McMurphy shares with Chief Broom?

2. What is Nurse Ratched's reaction to the window that McMurphy breaks?

3. What are some of the memories that the Chief recalls as the electroshock therapy hits him?

4. What are some of the ways that the men begin to bond together during the fishing trip?

5. What has Chief Bromden been believing about McMurphy?

6. What would McMurphy do each time the nurse would ask him if he repented during his stay on the Disturbed ward?

7. What does McMurphy tell Billy he needs to send to Candy for her trip to see him?

8. What does McMurphy do as they are preparing and performing the electroshock therapy on him?

9. Why has Chief Broom been saving up gum?

10. What does McMurphy receive from the doctor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 rumors that Nurse Ratched spreads are a part of a passive aggressive strategy to undermine McMurphy's authority in the ward. Do you think these rumors were the best possible plan? Why or why not? What other things could she have done to create a soured image of McMurphy? Why do you think Nurse Ratched prefers more subtle methods of manipulation?

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