One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Multiple Choice Quiz - By Jamie Bell

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A multiple choice quiz based on the plot of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Question 1

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What physical feature does Nurse Ratched attempt to conceal?
Answer
  • Her birthmark
  • Her large breasts
  • Her hair
  • Her crooked teeth

Question 2

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Which of these games is NOT played by the men on the ward?
Answer
  • Monopoly
  • Cards
  • Basketball
  • Chess

Question 3

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Which of these was NOT an 'acute'?
Answer
  • Billy Bibbit
  • Charles Cheswick
  • Dale Harding
  • Colonel Matterson

Question 4

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Which animal does Harding liken the patients to?
Answer
  • Chickens
  • Wolves
  • Rabbits
  • Sheep

Question 5

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Which of these represents Chief Bromden's paranoia?
Answer
  • The loud music
  • The fog machine
  • The Monopoly board
  • The flock of birds

Question 6

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Which of these characters is a closeted homosexual?
Answer
  • Billy Bibbit
  • Chief Bromden
  • Dale Harding
  • Charles Cheswick

Question 7

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Which of these characters is NOT a war veteran?
Answer
  • Colonel Matterson
  • Charles Cheswick
  • Randle McMurphy
  • Chief Bromden

Question 8

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Which disease do both Sefelt and Frederickson suffer from?
Answer
  • Epilepsy
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Bipolar
  • Schizophrenia

Question 9

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Who tells McMurphy that Nurse Ratched determines when he leaves the institution?
Answer
  • Dale Harding
  • Nurse Ratched
  • A lifeguard
  • Geever

Question 10

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Despite being the tallest and strongest person on the ward, Bromden acts small and weak. What is this an example of?
Answer
  • Hyperbole
  • Irony
  • Understatement
  • Metaphor

Question 11

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How does Charles Cheswick die?
Answer
  • He drowns in the hospital swimming pool
  • He hangs himself
  • He falls from the boat and drowns
  • A failed lobotomy

Question 12

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Chief Bromden recalls a story from when he was ten years old. Three government officials wish to speak about the purchasing of their native land to build what?
Answer
  • A coal seam gas mine
  • A hydroelectric dam
  • A wind farm
  • A coal power plant

Question 13

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McMurphy wants Bromden to accompany him on the boat trip. In order to do so, McMurphy pays Bromden's share of the cost on the condition that he
Answer
  • helps the patients break out of the hospital
  • doesn't tell Dr. Spivey about the prostitutes that will accompany them
  • gets strong enough to lift the control panel in the tub room
  • pays back the $10 later on

Question 14

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Why did McMurphy and Bromden get into a fight with the guards?
Answer
  • They were defending George
  • They were trying to escape
  • To spite Ms. Ratched
  • To avoid electroshock treatment

Question 15

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There are several allusions to God and Christianity throughout the novel. Which of these was NOT alluded to in the book?
Answer
  • Crucifixion
  • Crown of Thorns
  • The Ten Commandments
  • The Twelve Disciples

Question 16

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Why is Bromden the narrator and not McMurphy?
Answer
  • So we get to see Bromden's perspective too
  • He is the best character to observe everyone
  • Bromden is more interesting than McMurphy
  • Bromden has been at the hospital the longest

Question 17

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Why doesn't Harding want to leave with McMurphy
Answer
  • He is afraid of meeting his wife
  • He is scared of the repercussions
  • He wants to leave by the proper means
  • His wife told him to stay in the hospital for another year

Question 18

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Why does Billy Bibbit commit suicide?
Answer
  • The hospital becomes too difficult to bear
  • To demonstrate his new found authority and rebellion over Nurse Ratched
  • He doesn't want to be punished for his actions with Candy
  • Nurse Ratched threatens to tell his mother about Candy

Question 19

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Who eventually kills McMurphy
Answer
  • Nurse Ratched
  • The aides
  • Bromden
  • He kills himself

Question 20

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What instrument does Chief Bromden use to escape?
Answer
  • His arm
  • The control panel
  • A basketball
  • Nothing, the window is left open
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