General
Who wrote the novel?
Ken Kesey
Chief Bromden believes this massive, mechanical system is responsible for fogging the ward and controlling the patients.
DAILY DOUBLE
The Combine
This originally mean a child sacrificing god, now it refers to societal pressures that force conformity.
Moloch
This psychological concept explains why the Acutes willingly submit to Nurse Ratched's tyranny, having internalised the belief that they are completely helpless outside the ward.
What is institutionalization (or learned helplessness)
Chief Bromden explains that his deep understanding of how "they" operate the ward's imaginary fog machine stems from his real-world experience using actual fog machines during this historic event.
WW2
What year was it published?
OR
written?
1962/1959
This chronic patient is obsessed with cleanliness and terrified of dirt or germs on the ward.
George?
He wrote "Howl" (first & last name)
Allen Ginsberg
This structural feature of the Shock Shop, where patients receive ECT
Cross shaped table (crucifixion)
McMurphy dramatically wears this around the ward to shock the staff, features white whales and serves as a blatant symbol of his untamed masculinity.
Bonus 100-
His boxer shorts
Bonus-Describe the design
The author was a part of what societal experiment?
DAILY DOUBLE
Project MKUltra
Unlike McMurphy, who is committed by the state, Harding reveals this shocking psychological truth about why most of the Acutes remain in the hospital.
They are there voluntarily.
Explain the origin of "Beat" in the context of "The Beat Generation"
Worn down
Beatific-complete happiness
This specific physical substance is allegedly used by the Combine to blind the patients, distort time, and make them feel safe in their own isolation.
The fog
This specific physical feature of Nurse Ratched is a constant source of terror for her because it contradicts her carefully constructed persona of pure efficiency.
Her bust
What is the name of the work farm RP leaves?
Pendleton
McMurphy uses this specific emotional tool as a psychological weapon against the ward’s depressing atmosphere, noting that it is the one thing Nurse Ratched cannot control or stand.
laughter/ singing
According to the iconic first line of the poem, the "best minds" of "Howl" generation were ultimately destroyed by this.
DAILY DOUBLE
Madness
Bromden notes that a patient is considered "cured" by the hospital only when he functions like this type of precise, predictable object.
A machine (clock/typewriter)
Even though Chief secures the majority, Nurse Ratched technicalizes her victory and invalidates the vote by making this announcement to the group.
The meeting is already closed.
Chief Bromden defends the accuracy of his highly surreal, drug-induced, and hallucinatory descriptions of the ward by stating this famous paradox in the novel's opening pages.
"It's the truth even if it didn't happen"
The psychological turning point of Part 1 occurs during this specific vote, where McMurphy successfully gets 20 patients to raise their hands, proving he has broken through their collective apathy.
The vote
The full, official title of the poem dedicates the entire piece to this writer and friend whom Ginsberg met in a psychiatric hospital.
Carl Solomon
Harding uses this precise biological term to describe how Nurse Ratched strips the patients of their manhood, comparing her to a wolf among rabbits.
What is emasculation (or castration)?
Describe Old Rawler
A patient in the disturbed ward, who castrates himself, ultimately committing suicide.