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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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

2. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

3. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
The ducks
To a matinee and a skating rink
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Sunny

4. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Her Christmas money
He has prematurely graying hair.
Sunny
Benedict Arnold

5. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Vicks Nose Drops

6. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A red hunting hat
Doesn't like anything
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Joining a monastery

7. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Two nuns
Her Christmas money
Sunny
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

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

9. How did Allie die?
Two nuns
Leukemia
Ossenburger
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

10. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Joining a monastery
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Doesn't like anything
Holden's dream job

11. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
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Gary Cooper
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
He lost the fencing team's equipment

12. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
His baseball glove
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A red hunting hat

13. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
See the Lunts
A prostitute
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

14. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Pacifist
See the Lunts
December
Ward Stradlater

15. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
A mental hospital
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
His razor
Leukemia

16. In what month does the novel take place?
A poem by Robert Burns
December
Ward Stradlater
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17. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Ossenburger
The 39 Steps

18. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Play checkers
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Joining a monastery
See the Lunts

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

20. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
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Gary Cooper
Sunny
Hollywood screenwriter

21. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Joining a monastery
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Vicks Nose Drops

22. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Gary Cooper
Sunny
December
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

23. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
He has prematurely graying hair.

24. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Ward Stradlater
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
He has prematurely graying hair.
Benedict Arnold

25. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Ward Stradlater
The 39 Steps
Pacifist

26. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Ossenburger
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
A red hunting hat
Grand

27. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Allie Caulfield
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Pacifist
A mental hospital

28. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
To a matinee and a skating rink
Ward Stradlater
Likes Romeo and Juliet
A mental hospital

29. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
Joining a monastery
A prostitute
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

30. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A red hunting hat
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Two nuns

31. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Allie Caulfield
Doesn't like anything
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Sunny

32. How did Allie die?
Leukemia
Ward Stradlater
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Pacifist

33. What is D.B.'s profession?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
The Secret Goldfish
Hollywood screenwriter

34. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
His baseball glove
Benedict Arnold

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

36. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
The Secret Goldfish
Joining a monastery
A cab driver

37. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Allie Caulfield
Gary Cooper
Likes Romeo and Juliet

38. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
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Her Christmas money
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

39. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
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To a matinee and a skating rink
Ossenburger
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

40. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
His baseball glove
Leukemia
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

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

42. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Jane Gallagher
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Vicks Nose Drops
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

43. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Sunny
Vicks Nose Drops
December
'Secret slob'

44. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
December
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
The Secret Goldfish
Play checkers

45. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A poem by Robert Burns
A cab driver

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

47. Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after...

48. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
The ducks
He has prematurely graying hair.
Ward Stradlater
See the Lunts

49. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Hollywood screenwriter
Leukemia
Holden's dream job
Two nuns

50. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
The ducks
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
To a matinee and a skating rink