Review for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1. Where was McMurphy before being admitted to the psych. hospital?

A) At school

B) In prison

C) At his job

D) Traveling

2. Why did the hospital admit McMurphy at the beginning of the film?

A) He had been in and out of the hospital his whole life and had relapsed

B) McMurphy thought he might be mentally and came in on his own

C) McMurphy's girlfriend forced him to come in after multiple outbursts against her

D) He had a history of violent behavior and was purportedly exhibiting tendencies related to mental illness

3. What does McMurphy do when Nurse Ratched gives him his medicine?

A) He swallows the pill along with his juice

B) He can't take the pill because she forgets to give him juice

C) He pretends to take the pill but spits it out later

D) He spits out the pill and gives it to Taber

4. Where does McMurphy take the patients when he hijacks the school bus?

A) To a museum

B) On a fishing trip

C) To a baseball game

D) To the beach

5. Who is the final vote when McMurphy is convincing Nurse Ratched to turn on the tv?

A) Taber

B) Martini

C) Chief

D) Billy

6. What type of music does Nurse Ratched play over the loud speaker?

A) Classical

B) Jazz

C) Pop

D) Punk

7. In the first group therapy session we see, the group is discussing the marital problems of __________

A) McMurphy

B) Cheswick

C) Billy

D) Harding

8. What are the patients betting with during their card game?

A) Money

B) Medication

C) Cigarettes

D) Fake hospital money

9. When does McMurphy discover that Chief Bromden is not mute?

A) When he provokes him verbally

B) When he offers him gum

C) When they play basketball

D) When they leave the hospital to go fishing

10. What is the first group rebellion McMurphy instigates?

A) Pretending to watch baseball

B) Escaping the ward to go fishing

C) A fistfight with the aides

D) A party with women and alcohol

11. Why does Billy commit suicide?

A) He doesn't want to be lobotomized.
B) He has been cheeking the medication that treats his chronic depression.
C) He is afraid Nurse Ratched will tell his mother he was with a woman.
D) He has realized he will die on the psychiatric ward no matter what he does.

12. Why does Chief Bromden kill his friend?

A) He has a psychotic break due to his schizophrenia.
B) He feels betrayed that his friend had left the ward for days.
C) He is angry that he has to escape the psychiatric ward on his own.
D) He would rather his friend die with dignity than live as a vegetable.

13. Why has McMurphy been sent to the mental hospital?

A) To evaluate whether he has a mental disorder
B) To rehabilitate him therapeutically following his crime
C) To control his violent behavior with medication
D) To protect the public from his impulsive behavior

14. Why does McMurphy attempt to strangle Nurse Ratched?

A) For preventing his escape

B) For provoking to Billy's suicide

C) For taking away their cigarettes

D) For sending him for electroshock therapy

15. McMurphy is amazed to discover that most of the patients

A) Are self-committed

B) Are completely curable

C) Have chronic conditions

D) Have years left on their sentences

16. What is Nurse Ratched's true motivation for keeping McMurphy in the hospital?

A) She wants to help him
B) She wants win their power struggle
C) She believes he is good for the other patients
D) She believes it will make their ward look incompetent