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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Benedict Arnold
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Play checkers

2. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

3. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
See the Lunts
Ward Stradlater
He lost the fencing team's equipment
To a matinee and a skating rink

4. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A red hunting hat
Vicks Nose Drops
A prostitute
A cab driver

5. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Jane Gallagher
Pacifist
A cab driver

6. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Holding hands with Jane
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Vicks Nose Drops

7. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Jane Gallagher
Grand
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
See the Lunts

8. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Pacifist
Play checkers
A cab driver
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

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

10. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Vicks Nose Drops
To a matinee and a skating rink
Play checkers

11. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
A cab driver
Doesn't like anything
Her Christmas money
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

12. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
See the Lunts
Vicks Nose Drops
A mental hospital

13. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Vicks Nose Drops
December
Ossenburger
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

14. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
See the Lunts
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Vicks Nose Drops

15. Holden was forced to return early to school from New York because...

16. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

17. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Benedict Arnold
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
His razor
The Secret Goldfish

18. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
He lost the fencing team's equipment
A red hunting hat
He has prematurely graying hair.
Doesn't like anything

19. Where does the title of the novel come from
Sunny
Two nuns
Jane Gallagher
A poem by Robert Burns

20. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
The 39 Steps
The Secret Goldfish
To a matinee and a skating rink
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

21. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
A mental hospital
Hollywood screenwriter
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Likes Romeo and Juliet

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

23. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Sunny
Pencey Prep
To a matinee and a skating rink

24. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
See the Lunts
Gary Cooper
His razor
Two nuns

25. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Grand
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Leukemia
Gary Cooper

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

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

28. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
The 39 Steps
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Vicks Nose Drops
The ducks

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

30. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Hollywood screenwriter
Holding hands with Jane
A prostitute
A red hunting hat

31. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
To a matinee and a skating rink
Ossenburger
Doesn't like anything
Play checkers

32. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
The ducks
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A cab driver
The ducks

33. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
'Secret slob'
His razor

34. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Leukemia
Benedict Arnold
Doesn't like anything
Pencey Prep

35. What school did Holden get expelled from?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Two nuns
Pencey Prep
A red hunting hat

36. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Jane Gallagher
A poem by Robert Burns
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

37. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
A cab driver
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Holden's dream job
His razor

38. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
The 39 Steps
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
December
To a matinee and a skating rink

39. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Holden's dream job
Play checkers
Likes Romeo and Juliet
He lost the fencing team's equipment

40. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Jane Gallagher
Vicks Nose Drops
Doesn't like anything

41. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
The ducks
The 39 Steps
His baseball glove
Joining a monastery

42. 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
See the Lunts
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Allie Caulfield

43. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Holding hands with Jane
The Secret Goldfish
Her Christmas money
A prostitute

44. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

45. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Vicks Nose Drops
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

46. What is D.B.'s profession?
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Hollywood screenwriter
Vicks Nose Drops
Pencey Prep

47. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
The 39 Steps
To a matinee and a skating rink
Ossenburger
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

48. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Vicks Nose Drops
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Ward Stradlater
Two nuns

49. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Vicks Nose Drops
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

50. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
A prostitute
Holding hands with Jane
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Grand