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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

Type

Novel

Published

1962

Questions

2 with answers

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AP LiteratureCommon CoreIB Language & Literature

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Who narrates One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

ARandle P. McMurphy
BNurse Ratched
CChief Bromden
DBilly Bibbit

Rationale

While McMurphy is the main character, the story is told entirely through the eyes of Chief Bromden, a half-Native American patient who pretends to be deaf and mute. His distinctive, sometimes hallucinatory perspective influences the entire narrative.

Who narrates One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

ARandle McMurphy
BNurse Ratched
CChief Bromden
DDale Harding

Rationale

Chief Bromden is a half-Native American patient who pretends to be deaf and mute, and he narrates the story in the first person. His viewpoint greatly influences the narrative, including his vivid hallucinations of the hospital as a mechanical "Combine."

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