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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

2. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
His razor
The Secret Goldfish
'Secret slob'

3. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Joining a monastery
Pencey Prep

4. In what month does the novel take place?
December
His razor
A red hunting hat
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

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

6. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A red hunting hat
Holden's dream job
Leukemia
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

7. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Hollywood screenwriter
Her Christmas money
Benedict Arnold
Pacifist

8. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A poem by Robert Burns
December
A prostitute
Doesn't like anything

9. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
A cab driver
Leukemia
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Her Christmas money

10. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Doesn't like anything
A poem by Robert Burns
'Secret slob'
Play checkers

11. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Ossenburger
'Secret slob'

12. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Joining a monastery
See the Lunts
The ducks

13. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Vicks Nose Drops
He has prematurely graying hair.
A prostitute
Ward Stradlater

14. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Play checkers
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
A cab driver
See the Lunts

15. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
Benedict Arnold
Sunny
To a matinee and a skating rink
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

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

17. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Pacifist
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

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

19. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Hollywood screenwriter
Joining a monastery
To a matinee and a skating rink

20. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Holden's dream job
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Pencey Prep

21. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
A poem by Robert Burns
Holding hands with Jane
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
See the Lunts

22. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Doesn't like anything
Vicks Nose Drops
He has prematurely graying hair.
Ward Stradlater

23. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
His baseball glove
Jane Gallagher
Sunny
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

24. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Vicks Nose Drops
Play checkers
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
The Secret Goldfish

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

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

27. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
A prostitute
Ward Stradlater
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
His razor

28. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Ward Stradlater
Benedict Arnold
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
A cab driver

29. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Play checkers
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Allie Caulfield

30. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Jane Gallagher
He lost the fencing team's equipment
His baseball glove
Allie Caulfield

31. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
His baseball glove
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Doesn't like anything
A poem by Robert Burns

32. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Pencey Prep
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Gary Cooper
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

33. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
See the Lunts
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

34. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Pacifist
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Joining a monastery
December

35. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
He lost the fencing team's equipment
A poem by Robert Burns
Hollywood screenwriter
Holding hands with Jane

36. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Holding hands with Jane
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
To a matinee and a skating rink

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

38. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
He has prematurely graying hair.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
His razor

39. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Sunny
Jane Gallagher
Ward Stradlater

40. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Two nuns
Ossenburger
The ducks

41. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Vicks Nose Drops
Her Christmas money
Sunny

42. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
The Secret Goldfish
The ducks
A cab driver
A mental hospital

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

44. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Pacifist
Two nuns
Leukemia
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

45. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Pacifist
The Secret Goldfish
His baseball glove
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

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

47. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Two nuns
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

48. Where does the title of the novel come from
Holding hands with Jane
His razor
Vicks Nose Drops
A poem by Robert Burns

49. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Vicks Nose Drops
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
To a matinee and a skating rink
Likes Romeo and Juliet

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