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