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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye
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1. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Pencey Prep
Joining a monastery
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
2. Holden was forced to return early to school from New York because...
3. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Pencey Prep
A mental hospital
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Vicks Nose Drops
4. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
A poem by Robert Burns
December
5. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Ossenburger
Holding hands with Jane
Her Christmas money
Two nuns
6. Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley - Holden describes Stradlater as a...
7. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Leukemia
Benedict Arnold
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
8. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Vicks Nose Drops
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Gary Cooper
To a matinee and a skating rink
9. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Pacifist
Ward Stradlater
A red hunting hat
Sunny
10. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Gary Cooper
A mental hospital
'Secret slob'
Joining a monastery
11. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
The Secret Goldfish
His baseball glove
Sunny
To a matinee and a skating rink
12. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
A mental hospital
December
13. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Gary Cooper
Holden's dream job
The Secret Goldfish
Likes Romeo and Juliet
14. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Holding hands with Jane
The ducks
Allie Caulfield
Holden's dream job
15. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Pacifist
Joining a monastery
His baseball glove
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
16. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden
17. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Vicks Nose Drops
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Allie Caulfield
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
18. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Play checkers
He has prematurely graying hair.
December
19. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
A poem by Robert Burns
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
His razor
Holding hands with Jane
20. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
The Secret Goldfish
A cab driver
Two nuns
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
21. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Vicks Nose Drops
22. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
He has prematurely graying hair.
A red hunting hat
Her Christmas money
A cab driver
23. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A red hunting hat
Ward Stradlater
Joining a monastery
24. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?
25. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Two nuns
26. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Benedict Arnold
Holding hands with Jane
Holden's dream job
27. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Play checkers
Holden's dream job
A cab driver
Vicks Nose Drops
28. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
A prostitute
See the Lunts
Sunny
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
29. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Holding hands with Jane
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
30. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Two nuns
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
To a matinee and a skating rink
31. Which of the following things does Holden NOT like?
32. Holden claims he can't sleep with Sunny because...
33. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden
34. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Vicks Nose Drops
Jane Gallagher
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
To a matinee and a skating rink
35. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
His baseball glove
Holding hands with Jane
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
36. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
His razor
A red hunting hat
37. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Sunny
See the Lunts
Likes Romeo and Juliet
The ducks
38. What or who is the 'catcher in the rye'?
39. Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley - Holden describes Stradlater as a...
40. Phoebe chastises Holden because - in her mind - he
41. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Pencey Prep
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Ossenburger
42. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Gary Cooper
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Joining a monastery
His razor
43. Where does the title of the novel come from
See the Lunts
Grand
A poem by Robert Burns
He has prematurely graying hair.
44. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Holding hands with Jane
Jane Gallagher
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Grand
45. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Benedict Arnold
To a matinee and a skating rink
Vicks Nose Drops
The ducks
46. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
December
A prostitute
Joining a monastery
Grand
47. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A prostitute
Ward Stradlater
Leukemia
Grand
48. What is D.B.'s profession?
Benedict Arnold
Hollywood screenwriter
Holden's dream job
'Secret slob'
49. Where does the title of the novel come from
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
A poem by Robert Burns
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
50. What or who is the 'catcher in the rye'?