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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Leukemia
Gary Cooper
Doesn't like anything
Allie Caulfield

2. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Hollywood screenwriter
Ward Stradlater
Ossenburger
The Secret Goldfish

3. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Sunny
Ossenburger
To a matinee and a skating rink

4. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
Grand
Leukemia
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
A prostitute

5. Where does the title of the novel come from
A poem by Robert Burns
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Pencey Prep

6. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Grand
He lost the fencing team's equipment
A poem by Robert Burns
Vicks Nose Drops

7. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
See the Lunts
Two nuns
Leukemia
Joining a monastery

8. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Play checkers
'Secret slob'
Joining a monastery
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

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

10. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
Ossenburger
The 39 Steps
Pacifist
'Secret slob'

11. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
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He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Leukemia
The 39 Steps

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

13. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Holden's dream job
Ward Stradlater
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
A mental hospital

14. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Jane Gallagher
Two nuns
Play checkers
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

15. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
Doesn't like anything
He has prematurely graying hair.
His baseball glove

16. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
The ducks
He lost the fencing team's equipment

17. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Sunny
The Secret Goldfish

18. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
The Secret Goldfish
The 39 Steps
Grand

19. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
His baseball glove

20. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Pencey Prep
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
A cab driver
His razor

21. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A red hunting hat
Joining a monastery
His razor
Holding hands with Jane

22. What is D.B.'s profession?
Pacifist
Two nuns
Hollywood screenwriter
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

23. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
Grand
A cab driver
Holding hands with Jane
Leukemia

24. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Her Christmas money
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Joining a monastery

25. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Pacifist
Allie Caulfield
His baseball glove
The ducks

26. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Pacifist
Jane Gallagher
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Doesn't like anything

27. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
He has prematurely graying hair.
Her Christmas money

28. How did Allie die?
Leukemia
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Holden's dream job

29. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Leukemia
He lost the fencing team's equipment
The ducks
Pencey Prep

30. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

31. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
The Secret Goldfish
Play checkers
Sunny
Pacifist

32. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
See the Lunts
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Vicks Nose Drops
'Secret slob'

33. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
To a matinee and a skating rink
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Vicks Nose Drops
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

34. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
Sunny
Play checkers
See the Lunts
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

35. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
A prostitute
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
A mental hospital
His razor

36. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
A mental hospital
Gary Cooper
Leukemia

37. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Allie Caulfield
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Ossenburger
'Secret slob'

38. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
To a matinee and a skating rink
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Hollywood screenwriter
His razor

39. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Sunny
His baseball glove
Pencey Prep

40. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
A poem by Robert Burns
December
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

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

42. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Play checkers
Joining a monastery
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
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43. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Grand
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A mental hospital
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

44. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
A mental hospital
Her Christmas money
His baseball glove
Holden's dream job

45. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Two nuns
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

46. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
He has prematurely graying hair.
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
He has prematurely graying hair.
A prostitute

47. What is D.B.'s profession?
A prostitute
A prostitute
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Hollywood screenwriter

48. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Ward Stradlater
Joining a monastery
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

49. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Holding hands with Jane
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
A poem by Robert Burns
Ossenburger

50. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Pacifist
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Play checkers
Vicks Nose Drops