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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Two nuns
Ward Stradlater
'Secret slob'

2. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
The 39 Steps
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Doesn't like anything
A red hunting hat

3. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

4. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

5. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
His razor
A red hunting hat
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Gary Cooper

6. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Holden's dream job
Allie Caulfield
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
A red hunting hat

7. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Joining a monastery
Jane Gallagher
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
The ducks

8. How did Allie die?
Leukemia
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Hollywood screenwriter
Grand

9. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A mental hospital
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Grand
A red hunting hat

10. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Allie Caulfield
The Secret Goldfish
Likes Romeo and Juliet

11. What school did Holden get expelled from?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Joining a monastery
Pencey Prep
Jane Gallagher

12. 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
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
A cab driver

13. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Holding hands with Jane
Two nuns
Gary Cooper

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

15. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
A poem by Robert Burns
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Play checkers
Likes Romeo and Juliet

16. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Holding hands with Jane
Vicks Nose Drops
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

17. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Holden's dream job
Jane Gallagher
'Secret slob'
A mental hospital

18. Where does the title of the novel come from
The ducks
A poem by Robert Burns
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Jane Gallagher

19. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
His razor
A prostitute
Leukemia

20. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Sunny
Play checkers
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

21. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Ward Stradlater
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Vicks Nose Drops
Holden's dream job

22. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Doesn't like anything
The 39 Steps
Sunny
A prostitute

23. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Hollywood screenwriter
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
A poem by Robert Burns
The Secret Goldfish

24. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Ward Stradlater
Vicks Nose Drops
A mental hospital
A red hunting hat

25. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
Benedict Arnold
To a matinee and a skating rink
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A mental hospital

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

27. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
His razor
Ward Stradlater
Her Christmas money

28. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Ward Stradlater
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
To a matinee and a skating rink

29. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Grand
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Sunny
Leukemia

30. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
A mental hospital
Hollywood screenwriter
Vicks Nose Drops
Likes Romeo and Juliet

31. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Two nuns
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Sunny

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

33. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Likes Romeo and Juliet
He lost the fencing team's equipment
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
To a matinee and a skating rink

34. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Gary Cooper
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
December
Holding hands with Jane

35. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
To a matinee and a skating rink
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Pacifist
A poem by Robert Burns

36. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Holding hands with Jane
Joining a monastery
The ducks

37. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Pacifist
Her Christmas money
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Vicks Nose Drops

38. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
He lost the fencing team's equipment
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Jane Gallagher

39. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Pacifist
Benedict Arnold
He has prematurely graying hair.
Holden's dream job

40. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
His baseball glove
See the Lunts
A prostitute
Two nuns

41. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
Two nuns
A red hunting hat
Pencey Prep
The 39 Steps

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

43. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
December
A red hunting hat
To a matinee and a skating rink
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

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

45. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Hollywood screenwriter
Sunny
A prostitute
Allie Caulfield

46. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
See the Lunts
Her Christmas money
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Play checkers

47. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Vicks Nose Drops
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Ossenburger
Sunny

48. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

49. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Allie Caulfield
He lost the fencing team's equipment
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

50. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
To a matinee and a skating rink
A red hunting hat
A poem by Robert Burns