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