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