Cuckoo's Nest Vocab List #1 Review
Authored by James Corbett
English
12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does "apathy" mean?
Indifference, a lack of feeling or interest
Complete composure, poise
Defiance or disobedience to authority
Awkward and uncultivated in appearance
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word describes "complete composure, poise"?
Aplomb
Brooding
Ornery
Trite
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the meaning of "brooding"?
Dwelling gloomily in thought
Measured or doled out
Strong in a tough, stringy way
Indifference to pleasure or pain
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does "curtail" mean?
To impose a restriction; to reduce in quantity
To putrefy, to rot
To hang loosely, drooping
To be bad-tempered, combative
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of "fester"?
To putrefy, to rot; to cause increasing irritation or bitterness
To impose a restriction; to reduce in quantity
To be loosely and awkwardly built
To be indifferent to pleasure or pain
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does "gangly" mean?
Loosely and awkwardly built, lanky
Bad-tempered, combative
Hackneyed, boring from overuse
Awkward and uncultivated in appearance
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In psychoanalytic theory, what is the "id"?
The part of the mind that manifests primary and instinctive impulses
The part of the mind that is self-critical and reflects
Indifference to pleasure or pain
A strong, stringy way of being
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.5
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.8.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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