One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Quizzes

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Quiz 1

By Jeremy Ross · Edited by Soman Chainani, February 19, 2008, and Adam Kissel, · Last reviewed June 16, 2008

1 Which of the following is not a domineering mother figure in the novel?

Nurse Ratched

Vera Harding

Mrs. Bibbit

Mrs. Bromden
2 What is Nurse Ratched's only incongruous physical trait?

Her orange nail polish

Her full lips

Her smooth skin

Her large breasts
3 Which of the following does McMurphy represent the least?

Rational choice

Sexual liberation

Insanity

Anti-social behavior
4 Which character calls the patients rabbits who need a strong wolf?

Nurse Ratched

Dale Harding

Billy Bibbit

R.P. McMurphy
5 What is significant about Dr. Spivey's suggestion about the tub room?

It shows that McMurphy is only interested in games and gambling.

It shows that McMurphy is as capable as Nurse Ratched of manipulating the system.

It shows that Nurse Ratched controls the actions of the doctors.

It shows that the doctors do not care about the welfare of the patients.
6 Which of the following games do the patients not play?

Cards

Monopoly

Basketball

Backgammon
7 What represents insanity for Chief Bromden?

The Fog

The Combine

Chewing Gum

Nurse Ratched
8 Which character is most likely a closeted homosexual?

Billy Bibbit

Nurse Ratched

Chief Bromden

Dale Harding
9 Which is not an objection that a patient has about Nurse Ratched's policies?

The rationing of cigarettes

The locking of the dormitories on the weekends

The impossibility of getting an Accompanied Pass

The loud music
10 Which character has been a patient on the ward the longest?

R.P. McMurphy

Cheswick

Colonel Matterson

Chief Bromden
11 Who tells McMurphy that Nurse Ratched determines when he leaves the institution?

Geever

Dale Harding

Washington

A Lifeguard
12 When is the first instance in which McMurphy becomes angry?

When Nurse Ratched refuses to turn down the music.

When he learns that Nurse Ratched controls when McMurphy may leave.

When the patients refuse to support his plan for a schedule change.

When the black boys take McMurphy's clothes.
13 Which character suffers from intense feelings of Catholic guilt and shame?

Billy Bibbit

Nurse Pilbow

Nurse Ratched

Dale Harding
14 What is significant about the origin of Billy Bibbit's stutter?

It shows that Billy Bibbit is a closeted homosexual.

It shows that the cause of Billy Bibbit's problems is his mother.

It shows that Billy Bibbit suffers from feelings of sexual inadequacy.

It shows that Nurse Ratched causes more problems than she solves.
15 Why does Nurse Ratched usually not respond harshly to McMurphy's rebellion against her?

She knows that she ultimately controls his fate and can determine his release.

She is intimidated by McMurphy and can only respond through indirect means.

She knows that she can send McMurphy to another ward whenever he becomes too problematic.

She is secretly planning to lobotomize McMurphy.
16 What criterion does Nurse Ratched use to determine who works on her ward?

Anger

Fear

Cruelty

Physical size
17 For which crime is McMurphy not arrested?

Public Indecency

Disturbing the Peace

Statutory Rape

Assault and Battery
18 Which of the characters is not a war veteran?

R.P. McMurphy

Chief Bromden

Colonel Matterson

Charles Cheswick
19 To what does Harding compare the patients?

Rabbits

Sheep

Chickens at a pecking party

Cows at a slaughterhouse
20 Which of the following sentences about Tee Ah Millatoona is not true?

He was a full Indian chief.

His wife drove him to alcoholism.

His name means "Stands With a Fist."

He married a town woman.
21 What is significant about the patients' encounter at the gas station?

It shows the patients how McMurphy is ashamed of associating with them.

It shows the patients the power that their mental illness gives them.

It shows the patients how they are unable to deal with the outside world.

It shows the patients that they cannot escape Nurse Ratched, even outside of the hospital.
22 Which of the following does not match the character to his appropriate trait?

Billy Bibbit - stutterer

Charles Cheswick - bull goose loony

George Sorenson - compulsive about cleanliness

Dale Harding - hallucinates about air raids
23 Which bet does McMurphy not make with the other patients?

He bets that he can get Chief Bromden to speak.

He bets that he can hit the clock with a dab of butter.

He bets that he can get Nurse Ratched to show some sign of weakness within a week.

He bets that a person can move the control panel in the tub room.
24 Which character describes his mother as twice as tall as his father?

Charles Cheswick

Chief Bromden

Billy Bibbit

Dale Harding
25 Which of the following is not a reason for Nurse Ratched's confidence?

She has "the Combine" supporting her.

She knows that she controls McMurphy's fate.

She has the power to use procedures such as lobotomies and EST against McMurphy.

She knows that the other nurses on other wards will back up whatever she does.

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