31 Aug Literary Analysis -One flew over the cuckoo’s nest book
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Exam
50 Marks: Ten Marks Each
Student Name:_________________________________ Mark:____/50
Instructions: Write a paragraph on any five of the twelve topics below. Be sure to write in complete, correct sentences. Be sure to support your answer and write in grammatically correct sentences.
1. Explain what “the fog” is and how it relates to the narrator.
2. Explain in detail what “the Combine” is and how it has affected one of the patients.
3. Point out three scenes or things that are really therapeutic and explain why each is therapeutic.
4. Explain why McMurphy might be considered a savior or Christ figure.
5. Explain what Dale Harding means when he blames “us” for what has happened to the men.
6. Explain what the “Control Panel,” what it symbolizes, and why it is important for either McMurphy or the Chief to lift it.
7. Show how and why Nurse Ratched manipulates the therapy meetings.
8. Point out three things that are foreshadowed and explain what each foreshadows.
9. Examine the Chief’s past and provide three reasons for why the Chief is in the institution.
10.Provide three examples where Nurse Ratched manipulates or/and controls the patients.
11. Point out three archetypes and explain what each is an archetype of and why.
12. Explain the important roles Candy and/or Sandy play.
