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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
A poem by Robert Burns
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

2. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Pencey Prep
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Ward Stradlater
Ward Stradlater

3. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Benedict Arnold
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Vicks Nose Drops

4. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Holden's dream job
The Secret Goldfish
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
A red hunting hat

5. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Vicks Nose Drops
Holding hands with Jane
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

6. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
A cab driver
Play checkers
The 39 Steps
His razor

7. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
The ducks
Pacifist
To a matinee and a skating rink

8. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
The 39 Steps
Sunny
Holding hands with Jane

9. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Grand
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

10. In what month does the novel take place?
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
His razor
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
December

11. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
Play checkers
A prostitute
He lost the fencing team's equipment
He has prematurely graying hair.

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

13. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Gary Cooper
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Ward Stradlater
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

14. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Play checkers
Likes Romeo and Juliet
He has prematurely graying hair.
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

15. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
Likes Romeo and Juliet
See the Lunts
Joining a monastery
He lost the fencing team's equipment

16. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

17. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Holding hands with Jane
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

18. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Her Christmas money
Ward Stradlater
His razor
Holden's dream job

19. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Gary Cooper
The 39 Steps
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

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

21. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
His razor
Grand
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

22. Where does the title of the novel come from
A poem by Robert Burns
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
He has prematurely graying hair.
Holding hands with Jane

23. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Likes Romeo and Juliet

24. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Two nuns
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Her Christmas money

25. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Allie Caulfield
Pacifist
To a matinee and a skating rink
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

26. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Two nuns
Leukemia
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
A prostitute

27. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Two nuns
Vicks Nose Drops

28. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Pacifist
A prostitute
Ward Stradlater
Grand

29. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A prostitute
Hollywood screenwriter
Doesn't like anything
A red hunting hat

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

31. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
A red hunting hat
See the Lunts
Grand
To a matinee and a skating rink

32. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
'Secret slob'
Benedict Arnold
Pacifist

33. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Vicks Nose Drops
Joining a monastery
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Play checkers

34. In what month does the novel take place?
December
Ward Stradlater
Jane Gallagher
A prostitute

35. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Jane Gallagher
See the Lunts
His baseball glove
Ossenburger

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

37. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

38. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
December
Ward Stradlater
Pacifist
His razor

39. Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley - Holden describes Stradlater as a...

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

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

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

43. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Joining a monastery
Ossenburger
A mental hospital
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

44. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Allie Caulfield
To a matinee and a skating rink
Play checkers

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

46. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Doesn't like anything
A red hunting hat
He has prematurely graying hair.
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

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

48. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Her Christmas money
December
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

49. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
The 39 Steps
Sunny
Holding hands with Jane
His baseball glove

50. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
A red hunting hat
The Secret Goldfish
Vicks Nose Drops
Two nuns