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