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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the diagnosis that the staff come to that they will put McMurphy into the Disturbed ward for?
(a) Sociopath with depressive tendencies
(b) Negative Oedipal
(c) Schizophrenic reaction
(d) Psychopath

2. How long has the lifeguard been at the hospital?
(a) 3 days
(b) A decade
(c) A month
(d) 8 years and 8 months

3. What does Nurse Ratched put away at the end of the meeting?
(a) A silver pen
(b) A paper
(c) A piece of gum
(d) Her folder

4. How does the drowning happen, according to the explanation?
(a) The victim's fingers get caught in the drain
(b) The victim hit his head
(c) The victim was held underwater
(d) The victim didn't know how to swim

5. What does McMurphy grab after #80?
(a) A knife
(b) The nurse
(c) A pack of cigarettes
(d) A bottle of pills

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chief Bromden sensitive to?

2. What does the staff call McMurphy?

3. Are the men mad at McMurphy for his actions in #64's answer?

4. What is McMurphy supposed to be doing during the time in #46?

5. What do Nurse Ratched and McMurphy battle about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does McMurphy see as his ticket out of the mental ward?

2. What is so special about Harding in relation to the rest of the patients on the ward?

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

4. What does Nurse Ratched do during this meeting that unnerves the other people in the room?

5. Which patients are the ones whose brains have been altered beyond repair from shock therapy and tranquilizers?

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

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

8. What is the punishment for the men after the incident in #3 takes place?

9. When McMurphy rants about the state of affairs in the ward, how does Billy Bibbit respond?

10. What does Harding's wife do when she comes to visit?

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