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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Allie Caulfield
Hollywood screenwriter
Benedict Arnold
Grand

2. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Her Christmas money
His razor
Benedict Arnold
A prostitute

3. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
His razor
Doesn't like anything
To a matinee and a skating rink
Ossenburger

4. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
A mental hospital
December
A poem by Robert Burns
Play checkers

5. What is D.B.'s profession?
The 39 Steps
He lost the fencing team's equipment
See the Lunts
Hollywood screenwriter

6. Phoebe chastises Holden because - in her mind - he

7. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Pacifist
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Gary Cooper

8. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A red hunting hat
A prostitute
The ducks

9. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
The 39 Steps
Two nuns
Gary Cooper
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

10. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
The ducks
'Secret slob'
Vicks Nose Drops
Her Christmas money

11. What school did Holden get expelled from?
The Secret Goldfish
Pencey Prep
His razor
He lost the fencing team's equipment

12. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
The 39 Steps
Grand
Sunny
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

13. What school did Holden get expelled from?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Pencey Prep
The Secret Goldfish
Gary Cooper

14. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
A prostitute
Pacifist
See the Lunts
Joining a monastery

15. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
A prostitute
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

16. Phoebe chastises Holden because - in her mind - he

17. Which of the following things does Holden NOT like?

18. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Ward Stradlater
See the Lunts
His baseball glove
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

19. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
The 39 Steps
A mental hospital
Pacifist
Two nuns

20. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
The Secret Goldfish
Jane Gallagher
Play checkers
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

21. Holden claims he can't sleep with Sunny because...

22. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Allie Caulfield
Vicks Nose Drops
Holden's dream job
Holding hands with Jane

23. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Pencey Prep
He has prematurely graying hair.
The Secret Goldfish
Holden's dream job

24. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

25. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
December
Pacifist

26. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Holden's dream job
The 39 Steps
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

27. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Vicks Nose Drops
Jane Gallagher
His razor

28. Holden claims he can't sleep with Sunny because...

29. How did Allie die?
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Holding hands with Jane
Leukemia
Grand

30. What or who is the 'catcher in the rye'?

31. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Benedict Arnold
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

32. Holden was forced to return early to school from New York because...

33. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
His razor
Grand
Jane Gallagher
Her Christmas money

34. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Jane Gallagher
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Joining a monastery

35. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
His razor
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Likes Romeo and Juliet

36. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Allie Caulfield
A cab driver
A red hunting hat

37. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
A prostitute
Ossenburger
December

38. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
His baseball glove
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Leukemia
A mental hospital

39. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

40. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
The Secret Goldfish
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Jane Gallagher
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

41. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Leukemia
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Ward Stradlater
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

42. According to Holden - what is 'the best thing' about the Museum of Natural History?

43. Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley - Holden describes Stradlater as a...

44. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

45. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
The 39 Steps
His baseball glove
Pacifist
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

46. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Pacifist
The Secret Goldfish
The ducks
A poem by Robert Burns

47. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Gary Cooper
To a matinee and a skating rink
His razor
Vicks Nose Drops

48. In what month does the novel take place?
Benedict Arnold
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
December
Grand

49. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Pacifist
Jane Gallagher
His baseball glove
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

50. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Joining a monastery
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
His baseball glove
Vicks Nose Drops