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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Allie Caulfield
His baseball glove
Grand
Hollywood screenwriter

2. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
The ducks
He has prematurely graying hair.
Two nuns

3. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Benedict Arnold
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
To a matinee and a skating rink
Play checkers

4. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
A cab driver
A poem by Robert Burns
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
He has prematurely graying hair.

5. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Holden's dream job
Joining a monastery
See the Lunts
Her Christmas money

6. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Vicks Nose Drops
A mental hospital
Allie Caulfield
He lost the fencing team's equipment

7. Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after...

8. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Vicks Nose Drops
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
A mental hospital

9. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
The 39 Steps
His baseball glove
The Secret Goldfish
Two nuns

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

11. According to Holden - what is 'the best thing' about the Museum of Natural History?

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

13. Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after...

14. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Hollywood screenwriter
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Grand
Two nuns

15. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
A mental hospital
To a matinee and a skating rink
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

16. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Two nuns
A prostitute

17. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
To a matinee and a skating rink
Holding hands with Jane
Benedict Arnold

18. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Vicks Nose Drops
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
The ducks
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

19. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Holden's dream job
Sunny
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Vicks Nose Drops

20. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Allie Caulfield
A poem by Robert Burns
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

21. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Ward Stradlater
Pacifist
Gary Cooper
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

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

23. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Benedict Arnold
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Vicks Nose Drops

24. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
To a matinee and a skating rink
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Pacifist
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

25. Where does the title of the novel come from
A cab driver
A poem by Robert Burns
The ducks
A prostitute

26. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
The 39 Steps
Two nuns
See the Lunts

27. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
December
A prostitute
His razor
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

28. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
His baseball glove
A poem by Robert Burns
Jane Gallagher
Pacifist

29. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Vicks Nose Drops
The Secret Goldfish
Grand
Two nuns

30. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Leukemia
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Sunny

31. In what month does the novel take place?
Pencey Prep
He has prematurely graying hair.
December
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

32. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Two nuns
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

33. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Holding hands with Jane
Holden's dream job
Vicks Nose Drops

34. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Gary Cooper
Ward Stradlater
'Secret slob'
See the Lunts

35. How did Allie die?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Leukemia
The 39 Steps

36. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Holding hands with Jane
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

37. In what month does the novel take place?
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Play checkers
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
December

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

39. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
See the Lunts
Joining a monastery
Grand

40. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

41. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Grand
Gary Cooper
Benedict Arnold

42. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
To a matinee and a skating rink
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

43. What is D.B.'s profession?
Sunny
Hollywood screenwriter
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Grand

44. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
The ducks
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Her Christmas money
Sunny

45. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Two nuns
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A red hunting hat
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

46. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
The Secret Goldfish
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Joining a monastery
The 39 Steps

47. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
Vicks Nose Drops
The 39 Steps
Gary Cooper
He has prematurely graying hair.

48. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Allie Caulfield
Joining a monastery
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Gary Cooper

49. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Ward Stradlater
His razor
Vicks Nose Drops
A red hunting hat

50. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Benedict Arnold
He has prematurely graying hair.
Joining a monastery
Grand