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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
Pencey Prep
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

2. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
December
Leukemia
Sunny
To a matinee and a skating rink

3. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Vicks Nose Drops
Two nuns
Leukemia

4. In what month does the novel take place?
'Secret slob'
A prostitute
December
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

5. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A cab driver
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
To a matinee and a skating rink
A red hunting hat

6. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

7. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
He has prematurely graying hair.
A prostitute
Hollywood screenwriter

8. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Ward Stradlater
Ossenburger
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
To a matinee and a skating rink

9. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Ossenburger
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Grand
Benedict Arnold

10. In what month does the novel take place?
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Leukemia
December
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

11. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Doesn't like anything
Two nuns
He has prematurely graying hair.
A mental hospital

12. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
A prostitute

13. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Holding hands with Jane
Sunny
Play checkers

14. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Joining a monastery
Benedict Arnold
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
His baseball glove

15. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
A mental hospital
Sunny
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

16. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Pencey Prep
He has prematurely graying hair.
Her Christmas money
Likes Romeo and Juliet

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

18. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
A mental hospital
The 39 Steps
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Leukemia

19. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Ward Stradlater
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
A poem by Robert Burns
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

20. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Holding hands with Jane
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Play checkers
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

21. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
The 39 Steps
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
A poem by Robert Burns

22. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Joining a monastery
Ossenburger
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

23. How did Allie die?
Pacifist
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Leukemia
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

24. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
'Secret slob'
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
December
Sunny

25. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Gary Cooper
Allie Caulfield
Two nuns
Her Christmas money

26. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
To a matinee and a skating rink
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Her Christmas money
His razor

27. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Ossenburger
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Jane Gallagher
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

28. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

29. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
His razor
Ossenburger
Leukemia
Her Christmas money

30. Where does the title of the novel come from
His razor
A poem by Robert Burns
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A mental hospital

31. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Jane Gallagher
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Holden's dream job
He lost the fencing team's equipment

32. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
A mental hospital
Vicks Nose Drops

33. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Pacifist
He has prematurely graying hair.
Vicks Nose Drops
Vicks Nose Drops

34. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
The ducks
Joining a monastery
Ossenburger
He has prematurely graying hair.

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

36. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
'Secret slob'
Vicks Nose Drops
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Doesn't like anything

37. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Doesn't like anything
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Pacifist
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

38. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Vicks Nose Drops
Pencey Prep
Joining a monastery
Holding hands with Jane

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

40. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Doesn't like anything
A cab driver

41. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
The Secret Goldfish
A cab driver
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

42. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
A prostitute
Two nuns
He lost the fencing team's equipment

43. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Allie Caulfield
Grand
December

44. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Her Christmas money
Ossenburger
Jane Gallagher
He has prematurely graying hair.

45. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
The 39 Steps
Play checkers
His baseball glove
Benedict Arnold

46. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Gary Cooper
His baseball glove
The Secret Goldfish

47. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
December
He has prematurely graying hair.
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Two nuns

48. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

49. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
To a matinee and a skating rink
To a matinee and a skating rink
Gary Cooper

50. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Her Christmas money
Ossenburger
Pencey Prep
Two nuns