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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A cab driver
'Secret slob'
Grand

2. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
A mental hospital
Ossenburger
Benedict Arnold

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

4. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Joining a monastery
He has prematurely graying hair.
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

5. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Her Christmas money
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

6. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
See the Lunts
A prostitute

7. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
A prostitute
The 39 Steps
Grand
He has prematurely graying hair.

8. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Hollywood screenwriter
Doesn't like anything

9. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Vicks Nose Drops
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
To a matinee and a skating rink

10. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Ward Stradlater
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Grand
The Secret Goldfish

11. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
Pencey Prep
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
To a matinee and a skating rink
Gary Cooper

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

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

14. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Joining a monastery
Gary Cooper
He has prematurely graying hair.
Jane Gallagher

15. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Pacifist
To a matinee and a skating rink
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Sunny

16. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
His razor
Vicks Nose Drops
Pacifist
December

17. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Grand
His baseball glove

18. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A prostitute
The Secret Goldfish
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Doesn't like anything

19. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
The Secret Goldfish
Holding hands with Jane
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Leukemia

20. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Vicks Nose Drops
A poem by Robert Burns
Play checkers
'Secret slob'

21. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Pencey Prep
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

22. In what month does the novel take place?
Hollywood screenwriter
December
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

23. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Vicks Nose Drops
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
He lost the fencing team's equipment

24. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
He has prematurely graying hair.
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Holding hands with Jane
Allie Caulfield

25. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Her Christmas money
Two nuns
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

26. Where does the title of the novel come from
Ward Stradlater
He has prematurely graying hair.
A poem by Robert Burns
Ossenburger

27. What is D.B.'s profession?
See the Lunts
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A mental hospital
Hollywood screenwriter

28. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Ward Stradlater
To a matinee and a skating rink
Leukemia
His razor

29. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Her Christmas money
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
The 39 Steps

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

31. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
See the Lunts
Pacifist

32. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
To a matinee and a skating rink
A cab driver

33. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
A mental hospital
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
His razor

34. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

35. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Grand
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Joining a monastery
He has prematurely graying hair.

36. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Allie Caulfield
Gary Cooper
Leukemia
Holding hands with Jane

37. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Sunny
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Holding hands with Jane

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

39. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

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

41. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
A poem by Robert Burns
His razor

42. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
A prostitute
Gary Cooper
Ward Stradlater
Joining a monastery

43. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
A poem by Robert Burns
Allie Caulfield
Joining a monastery
Play checkers

44. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A red hunting hat
Vicks Nose Drops
Ossenburger

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

46. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Pacifist
Ossenburger
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

47. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Play checkers
He has prematurely graying hair.
A poem by Robert Burns
A red hunting hat

48. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A prostitute
December
Two nuns
Vicks Nose Drops

49. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
He lost the fencing team's equipment
A prostitute
Play checkers
Jane Gallagher

50. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
The ducks
Sunny
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A red hunting hat