A 31-year-old man dominated by his mother to the extent that he is still unmarried and a virgin. Bibbit is also a voluntarily committed Acute, despite the fact that his wrists reveal a previous suicide attempt.
Who is Billy Bibbit?
100
One of the motifs present in the novel is gambling. McMurphy is a labelled by himself and Nurse Ratched as a gambling man, someone who takes risks.
Chief also continues this motif in his shock induced haze where he imagines himself inside a die, representative of this game.
What is craps.
100
McMurphy arrives on the ward and announces he's looking for this person.
What is the Head Bull Goose Loony?
100
The orderlies are preparing to do this to Chief the first time he tells us about going into the fog.
What is shave him?
200
A shot from some distance. If filming a person, the full body is shown. It may show the isolation or vulnerability of the character (also called a Full Shot).
What is a long shot?
200
A rebellious patient whose presence on the ward preceded McMurphy's. He was released from the hospital after being made docile by electroshock therapy.
Who is Taber?
200
What features a "table like a cross" and a "crown of wires"?
What is EST?
200
This is the subject of conversation at the first Group Meeting.
What are Harding's problems with his wife?
200
The story is told through Chief's narration as part of this.
What is a flashback?
300
The most common shot. The camera seems to be a medium distance from the object being filmed and shows the person from the waist up. The effect is to ground the story.
What is a medium shot?
300
A Scandinavian former seaman with a morbid fear of dirt. He is captain of the boat on the fishing trip.
Who is George?
300
"I like the game and I like Grandma. I don’t like Mrs. Tingle Tangle Toes, catching hens. I don’t like her. I do like that...."
What is the rest of this line/the last item that Chief describes?
What is "goose flying over the cuckoo's nest."
300
McMurphy's conformity results in the suicide of this person.
Who is Cheswick?
300
Chief speaks for the first time after McMurphy does this
What is gives him a piece of gum?
400
The movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest won these five awards at the 48th Annual Academy Awards.
What is Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay?
400
A prostitute from Portland with a "heart of gold." She is physically attractive and passive.
Who is Candy?
400
McMurphy shows you need to be able to do this to the things that hurt you just to “keep yourself in balance,” so that “the humor will blot out the pain.”
What is laugh.
400
McMurphy announces his return to the battle front against Nurse Ratched with this action
What is smashing the glass at the Nurse's Station?
400
McMurphy helps Chief do this which is what leads to his escape.
What is become big.
500
Sound that cannot be heard by the characters but is designed for audience reaction only. An example might be ominous music for foreshadowing.
What is non-diegetic sound?
500
He reveals a key fact to McMurphy—that committed patients can leave only when Nurse Ratched permits—which changes McMurphy’s initial rebelliousness into temporary conformity.
Who is the lifeguard?
500
These are the mechanisms and forces in society that creates, rewards, and enforces conformity.
What is the Combine?
500
After the seizure of Sefelt and the explanation by Frederickson, Scalon makes this observation which underscores the gravity of the choice that McMurphy is faced with making.
What is "damned if you do, damned if you don't"
500
When Chief escapes, what direction does he go?
What is in the direction of the dog he saw the night he was looking out the window.