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Cuckoo's Nest Vocab List #1 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "apathy" mean?

a)

Indifference, a lack of feeling or interest

b)

Complete composure, poise

c)

Defiance or disobedience to authority

d)

Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

2.

Which word describes "complete composure, poise"?

a)

Aplomb

b)

Brooding

c)

Ornery

d)

Trite

3.

What is the meaning of "brooding"?

a)

Dwelling gloomily in thought

b)

Measured or doled out

c)

Strong in a tough, stringy way

d)

Indifference to pleasure or pain

4.

What does "curtail" mean?

a)

To impose a restriction; to reduce in quantity

b)

To putrefy, to rot

c)

To hang loosely, drooping

d)

To be bad-tempered, combative

5.

What is the definition of "fester"?

a)

To putrefy, to rot; to cause increasing irritation or bitterness

b)

To impose a restriction; to reduce in quantity

c)

To be loosely and awkwardly built

d)

To be indifferent to pleasure or pain

6.

What does "gangly" mean?

a)

Loosely and awkwardly built, lanky

b)

Bad-tempered, combative

c)

Hackneyed, boring from overuse

d)

Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

7.

In psychoanalytic theory, what is the "id"?

a)

The part of the mind that manifests primary and instinctive impulses

b)

The part of the mind that is self-critical and reflects

c)

Indifference to pleasure or pain

d)

A strong, stringy way of being

8.

What does "infernal" refer to?

a)

Irritating and tiresome; refers to that which is hellish

b)

Measured or doled out

c)

Belonging to an early stage of development

d)

Getting pleasure from inflicting pain

9.

What is "insubordination"?

a)

Defiance or disobedience to authority

b)

Complete composure, poise

c)

Indifference, a lack of feeling or interest

d)

Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

10.

What is a "lobotomy"?

a)

An operation in which nerve fibers in the frontal part of the brain are cut to treat a mental disorder

b)

A strong, stringy way of being

c)

A bad-tempered, combative attitude

d)

A hackneyed, boring expression

11.

What does "lolling" mean?

a)

Hanging loosely, drooping

b)

Measured or doled out

c)

Indifference to pleasure or pain

d)

Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

12.

What does "meted" mean?

a)

Measured or doled out

b)

Bad-tempered, combative

c)

Belonging to an early stage of development

d)

Getting pleasure from inflicting pain

13.

What does "ornery" mean?

a)

Bad-tempered, combative

b)

Indifference to pleasure or pain

c)

Hackneyed, boring from overuse

d)

Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

14.

What is the meaning of "primitive"?

a)

Belonging to an early stage of development, crude, rudimentary

b)

Indifference to pleasure or pain

c)

Hackneyed, boring from overuse

d)

Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

15.

What does "sadistic" mean?

a)

Getting pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others

b)

Indifference to pleasure or pain

c)

Hackneyed, boring from overuse

d)

Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

16.

What does "sinewy" mean?

a)

Strong in a tough, stringy way, such as the fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone

b)

Measured or doled out

c)

Bad-tempered, combative

d)

Belonging to an early stage of development

17.

What is "stoicism"?

a)

Indifference to pleasure or pain, impassiveness

b)

Complete composure, poise

c)

Defiance or disobedience to authority

d)

Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

18.

In psychoanalytic theory, what is the "superego"?

a)

The part of the mind that is self-critical and reflects

b)

The part of the mind that manifests primary and instinctive impulses

c)

Indifference to pleasure or pain

d)

A strong, stringy way of being

19.

What does "trite" mean?

a)

Hackneyed, boring from overuse

b)

Measured or doled out

c)

Bad-tempered, combative

d)

Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

20.

What does "uncouth" mean?

a)

Awkward and uncultivated in appearance, rugged

b)

Complete composure, poise

c)

Defiance or disobedience to authority

d)

Indifference, a lack of feeling or interest