This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > One Flew Over The Cuckoo'S Nest – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books One Flew Over The Cuckoo'S Nest Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the ward, who has the most to lose by acting out? A) Nurse Ratched. B) Chief Bromden. C) Billy Bibbit. D) McMurphy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) McMurphy. 2. McMurphy tells a story about how he and another patient of the ward went out once, met and romanced some young women. Who is that other patient? A) They are young. B) Taber. C) Scanlon. D) Bibbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bibbit. 3. How does the novel portray the theme of sanity versus insanity? A) By suggesting that insanity is more desirable than sanity. B) By showing that sanity is a constant state. C) Through the idea that insanity can be a rational response to an irrational society. D) Through the depiction of the institution as a place of healing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through the idea that insanity can be a rational response to an irrational society. 4. Why does Sefelt continue to have seizures? A) Meds are not strong enough. B) Never prescribed meds. C) Refuses to take his meds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refuses to take his meds. 5. Which recurring motif does the discussion about shock therapy reinforce? A) Rebelling against authority. B) Truth vs. reality. C) The need for rules. D) The power of the Combine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The power of the Combine. 6. How does the novel explore the theme of power and control? A) By depicting the patients as having ultimate control over their lives. B) Through the struggle between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched. C) By showing the institution as a benevolent entity. D) Through the depiction of society as a whole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through the struggle between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched. 7. Who wins the bet? A) The Chronicles of Narnia. B) The acutes. C) The chronics. D) The Acuras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The acutes. 8. What role does the character of Billy Bibbit play in the novel? A) He is a symbol of innocence and vulnerability. B) He represents the ultimate success of the institution's control. C) He is an example of a patient who fully recovers. D) He symbolizes the corrupting influence of power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is a symbol of innocence and vulnerability. 9. One of the residents suggests something in the meeting that is met with disdain by the other residents. What unpopular thing does this resident suggest? A) McMurphy is not crazy. B) McMurphy is crazy. C) McMurphy is schizophrenic. D) McMurphy is not schizophrenic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) McMurphy is not crazy. 10. What happens to Cheswick? A) Acts out and is taken to Disturbed. B) Sent to the Shock Shop. C) Was sent to get a lobotomy. D) Was banned from the tub room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts out and is taken to Disturbed. 11. What act of strength do they bet on? A) If McMurphy can pick up the control panel and throw it through the screen. B) If McMurphy can slide the control panel. C) If McMurphy can pick up the control panel to his knees. D) If McMurphy can pick up the control panel and set it down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If McMurphy can pick up the control panel and throw it through the screen. 12. What bad news does McMurphy find out from the life guard? A) McMurphy is committed. B) McMurphy only has 2 weeks left before he leaves. C) Ratched is leaving. D) Cheswick has died. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) McMurphy is committed. 13. What does the character of Harding represent in the novel? A) The intellectual patient who understands the system. B) The physical strength needed to challenge the system. C) The emotional fragility of the human psyche. D) The societal pressure to conform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The intellectual patient who understands the system. 14. What do patients on the ward do on Wednesdays? A) Swimming. B) Running. C) Weight lifting. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming. 15. Who, from the staff, does McMurphy convince to go with them? A) Dr. Spivey. B) Nurse Ratched. C) Mr. Terkel. D) Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr. Spivey. 16. What theme does the electroshock therapy sessions most closely represent? A) The struggle for identity. B) The misuse of power in the name of therapy. C) The importance of rebellion. D) The power of friendship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The misuse of power in the name of therapy. 17. The description of Bromden's facial features at the bottom of p. 161-162 mainly serves to emphasize how: A) Pervasive the stereotypes of Native Americans are on his self-reflection. B) Respectful Bromden is when it comes to his family heritage. C) Complex the many different features of his face are. D) Njoyable it can be to spend time recalling your past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pervasive the stereotypes of Native Americans are on his self-reflection. 18. What was suggested as the best punishment or consequence for McMurphy? A) Shock Shop. B) Lobotomy. C) Send to Disturbed. D) Kicked out of the hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Send to Disturbed. 19. Which of the following best describes the first boy's (Alvin's) main claim about McMurphy? A) He is a criminal and needs to be rehabbed. B) He is aware and intentional with his actions and is a danger. C) He is a violent and mentally ill man who cannot help himself. D) He is too unpredictable to get an accurate read on so far. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is aware and intentional with his actions and is a danger. 20. How does the ending of the novel affect its overall theme of rebellion? A) It shows that rebellion is futile. B) It suggests that rebellion is only possible with a leader. C) It reinforces the idea that rebellion can lead to change. D) It indicates that rebellion leads to personal destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It reinforces the idea that rebellion can lead to change. 21. Why does Harding's wife pick on him? A) He gestures funny. B) He talks funny. C) He never has enough of anything. D) He always gives anything away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He never has enough of anything. 22. What kind of animal does Bromden watch out the window of the ward one night? A) A dog. B) A wolf. C) A rabbit. D) A lamb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A dog. 23. When Candy shows up what is the problem? In other words, why can't the guys go fishing with only Candy? A) They need two more prostitutes. B) They need two cars. C) They need three cars. D) They need three prostitutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They need two cars. 24. What can other Acutes on the ward do that McMurphy can't? A) Get extra Tub room time. B) Sign themselves out of the hospital. C) Visit friends on other watrds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sign themselves out of the hospital. 25. What disorder do Sefelt and Fredrickson have? A) Diabetes. B) Epilepsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilepsy. 26. How did McMurphy respond to the loss of the use of the tub room? A) Threw a fit and was sent to Disturbed. B) Ignored directions and pretended to watch TV. C) Walked out of the hospital. D) Punched threw the glass of the nurse's station. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punched threw the glass of the nurse's station. 27. How does the behavior in group meetings change after the World Series incident? A) No one attends group meetings. B) Acutes are confident enough now to complain. C) Take breaks in meetings to watch the baseball games. D) Acutes gladly discuss their problems with Nurse Ratched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acutes are confident enough now to complain. 28. Who does McMurphy talk to at the pool? A) Ratched. B) A Lifeguard. C) One of the Black Boys. D) Cheswick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Lifeguard. 29. What was McMurphy's new job on the ward? A) Lawn care. B) Laundry duty. C) Kitchen clean up. D) Clean the latrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clean the latrine. 30. Bromden's use of the pronoun "us" on page 160 mainly reveals: A) McMurphy is making Bromden feel as if he is his equal. B) McMurphy is creating a sense of camaraderie amongst the men. C) McMurphy is splitting the men up into two clear teams. D) McMurphy is a common enemy for all on the ward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) McMurphy is creating a sense of camaraderie amongst the men. 31. Why didn't Nurse Ratched uphold the vote? A) The vote was unfair. B) Only Acutes were able to vote. C) She didn't want to watch the World Series. D) The meeting was closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The meeting was closed. 32. Why does Nurse Ratched say there needs to be a punishment? A) After Cheswick threw a tantrum in the group meeting. B) After McMurphy broke the glass of the nurse's station. C) After McMurphy and the others pretended to watch the World Series instead of working. D) When the Acutes went behind her back to use the Tubroom for games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After McMurphy and the others pretended to watch the World Series instead of working. 33. Why did Nurse Ratched object to McMurphy being sent to Disturbed? A) Wanted him out of the hospital. B) Wanted Shock Shop instead. C) Wanted a lobotomy instead. D) Wanted to break him instead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wanted to break him instead. 34. McMurphy tells a man on the way that the men are dangerous and on their way to San Quentin. At what kind of business are they when he says this? A) Restaurant. B) Coffee shop. C) Gas station. D) Bookstore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gas station. 35. What was discussed in the staff meeting that Nurse Ratched called? A) An introduction to the new patient. B) A new cleaning schedule. C) Use of the tub room for games. D) A punishment for McMurphy's latest disturbance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A punishment for McMurphy's latest disturbance. 36. What reason does the nurse give that the music must be kept very loud? A) They wouldn't be able to hear it otherwise. B) It sounds good when it's loud. C) Loud music is good for their mind. D) If it's too loud, you're too old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They wouldn't be able to hear it otherwise. 37. How does McMurphy's behavior change after realizing he is committed? A) Plans to do everything possible to upset Nurse Ratched. B) Starts to behave; does not want to upset Nurse Ratched. C) Steps up into a leadership role on the ward. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Starts to behave; does not want to upset Nurse Ratched. 38. What privilege does Nurse Ratched take away? A) No more meds. B) No more tub room. C) No more card playing. D) No more board games. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No more tub room. 39. Why do the patients spy on each other? A) They are all crazy!. B) They wanted to be rewarded. C) They think they are undercover. D) They really like the nurses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They wanted to be rewarded. 40. What does Chief Bromden's fog symbolize in the novel? A) The outside world. B) Clarity and understanding. C) The confusion and control within the mental institution. D) Chief Bromden desire to escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The confusion and control within the mental institution. 41. Who has to decide if McMurphy is same enough to leave the hospital? A) McMurphy. B) The Judge. C) Group Vote. D) Dr. Spivey and Nurse Ratched. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. Spivey and Nurse Ratched. 42. Why was Chief newly paranoid in the ward? A) Thought peope were mad he voted last. B) He thought people knew he could actually hear and speak. C) He tought people would know he cannot hear or speak. D) He didn't want people gossiping about him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He thought people knew he could actually hear and speak. 43. Bromden tells us the story of two Acutes that became Chronics. How? A) They refused to take medication. B) They were beaten by the staff. C) They were overloaded in the 'Shock Shop' and lobotomised. D) They went mad having to do jigsaws everyday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were overloaded in the 'Shock Shop' and lobotomised. 44. Why was McMurphy laughing at Bromden? A) He is a racist. B) He was not fooled by his deaf and dumb act. C) He finds his appearance comical. D) He is insane, insane people laugh at everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was not fooled by his deaf and dumb act. 45. Who are the Acutes? A) The most severely mentally disabled patients. B) The patients considered still sick enough to be fixed. C) The nurses' helpers in the hospital. D) A group of politicians hoping to change mental health care. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The patients considered still sick enough to be fixed. 46. What does the destruction of the Nurse's station symbolize in the novel? A) The end of Nurse Ratched's reign. B) The chaos that ensues without strict control. C) The patients' reclaiming of power and autonomy. D) The inevitable collapse of the institution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The patients' reclaiming of power and autonomy. 47. What does the Chief's act of breaking the window and escaping symbolize? A) The destructive nature of rebellion. B) The impossibility of escape from societal norms. C) The triumph of individual will over oppressive systems. D) The importance of accepting one's fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The triumph of individual will over oppressive systems. 48. What does Bromden tell us about Colonel Matterson? A) He is an Acute who refuses to bathe or shower voluntarily. B) He is an Acute who is constantly trying to change his medication. C) He is a Chronic prone to lifting nurses' skirts up with his cane. D) He is a Chronic who has problems with bladder control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is a Chronic prone to lifting nurses' skirts up with his cane. 49. What board-game were they playing in the day room for 3 days? A) A strategist. B) Monopoly. C) Life. D) Risk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monopoly. 50. According to Bromden, at the beginning of this passage, McMurphy only gets mad once. What does he get mad about? A) Not watching the Super Bowl. B) Not watching Saturday NIght Live. C) Not watching the World series. D) Not watching the French Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not watching the World series. 51. How does Nurse Ratched maintain her power over the patients? A) By physically restraining them. B) Through manipulation and psychological control. C) By offering rewards for good behavior. D) By isolating them from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through manipulation and psychological control. 52. Who or what is the Bull Goose Loony? A) The patients' name for Nurse Ratched. B) An old, old ship from the American Civil War. C) McMurphy. D) The leader of the Acutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The leader of the Acutes. 53. McMurphy places a wager on whether or not he can hit a clock with what kind of projectile? A) Mashed potatoes. B) Oatmeal. C) Butter. D) Creamed corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Butter. 54. How does McMurphy appear to the chief at the end of the chapter? A) Content. B) Exhausted. C) Peaceful. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exhausted. 55. After returning from Disturbed, what does Cheswick do? A) Behaves nicely. B) Drowns himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drowns himself. 56. Only one other patient joins McMurphy in voting for the World Series. Who is it? Harding, Bibbit, Cheswick, or Ruckly? A) Ruckly. B) Bibbit. C) Harding. D) Cheswick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cheswick. 57. How does the novel use symbolism to explore the theme of freedom versus confinement? A) By showing the patients engaging in normal activities outside the institution. B) Through the depiction of the mental institution as a place of safety. C) Through the use of medication to control the patients. D) By contrasting the open sea during the fishing trip with the closed environment of the ward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By contrasting the open sea during the fishing trip with the closed environment of the ward. 58. Eventually, what do all the participants in the staff meeting-except the nurse-agree to do with McMurphy? A) To send him to disturbed. B) To release him. C) To let him watch the World Series. D) To send him to another hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To send him to disturbed. 59. Why are the Acutes 'uneasy' when McMurphy enters? A) They are scared he will cause trouble and get them all in trouble. B) They don't like his attitude. C) They are never welcoming to new people and he is too confident. D) They are all scared he will be too forceful with them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are scared he will cause trouble and get them all in trouble. 60. McMurphy writes the nurse a message in backwards text. Where does he put it for her to read? A) In the toilet; under the rim of the toilet. B) Under the tv stand. C) On the window of the nurses station. D) Under his pillow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the toilet; under the rim of the toilet. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesOne Flew Over The Cuckoo'S Nest Quiz 2The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer QuizThe Canterville Ghost QuizThe Pearl QuizThe Prisoner Of Zenda QuizThe Ransom Of Red Chief QuizThe Scarlet Pimpernel QuizThe Three Men In A Boat QuizThe Time Machine Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books