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Cuckoo's Nest
Question Review
Question | Answer |
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Chief Bromden | Indian,Big and Muscular,quiet(Narrator) |
Nurse Ratched | Handsome Woman in her 40's, leader/ward of institute,wants everything her way. |
Billy Bibbit | Small,Stutters, he is also very suicidal. |
Cheswick | He is Chubby. Cheswick thinks that he is big but he backs down. |
Harding | Unofficial leader before mcmurphy arrives he is an intelligent man who's ashamed of his repressed homosexuality. |
McMurphy | A rebellious convict sent from a normal prison. charged with, but never convicted of statutory rapetransferred from a prison work farm to the hospital.McMurphy is a very compulsive gambler. |
dr. spivey | ward doctor.Always did what he was told. |
Mr. Turkle | An elderly African American aide who works the late shift in the ward.He agrees to allow McMurphy to host a party and sneak in prostitutes one night. He is a marijuana user, and shares his joint with some of the patients during the party. |
Martini | patient who Suffers from sever hullucigenics . |
Candy | The prostitute that McMurphy brings on the fishing trip.McMurphy convinces Candy to sleep with him. |
Sandy | Another prostitute and friend of McMurphyShe and Sefelt sleep together. |
What is one way that nurse ratched keeps her patients under control? | She has the patients write anything bad they might hear, she doesn't want any of them to trust each other. |
How do washington and williams treat the patients? | They bully them. |
What is an acute patient? | one who has severe medical conditions. |
What is a chronic patient? | one who has long-lasting/ permanent medical conditions |
What does mcmurphy call the therapy session? | He calls it a pecking party, in which the patients are to turn on each other. |
What is EST? | Electro-Shock Therapy. |
Who has had over 200 treatments of electro-shock therapy? | Chief Bromden |
What best does McMurphy make with the men? | That he can "break-down" nurse ratched. |
What does Nurse Ratched think about McMurphy? | She feels like he is making her loose power. |
What does the nurse try to do while McMurphy is at a meeting with Dr. Spivey? | She tries to get the patients to distract McMurphy but they told her that they weren't mad at him. |
What did McMurphy and the Doctor come up with to improve morale? | They came up with a Carnival. |
Why did the nurse deny mcmurphy's request to a visitor? | she wants to show him that she is the one in control. |
what kind of therapy does the nurse suggest for mcmurphy? | Electroshock-therapy. |
What happened when candy when to visit mcmurphy? | nurse ratched got mad and yelled at him the whole time. |
How has the ward changed by the end of Act one? | The men have started to trust eachother. They are starting to stand-up for themselves. |
When does the Chief finally talk to McMurphy? | Privately when they are in their cell. |
What does Nurse Ratched want Chief to do at the meeting? | The Nurse Wants Chief to Talk. |
Who steps in to help the Chief? and what happens? | McMurphy steps in, they both receive electroshock therapy. |
What goes through Chiefs mind during Electro-Shock Therapy? | His father. |
What happens to McMurphy at the end? | He has received a lobotomy and is now in a vegetative state, silent and motionless. |