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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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

2. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
He has prematurely graying hair.
Two nuns
Sunny

3. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Ward Stradlater
His baseball glove
Jane Gallagher
Vicks Nose Drops

4. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
His baseball glove
Pacifist
Play checkers
Jane Gallagher

5. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Hollywood screenwriter
Vicks Nose Drops
Pacifist
Her Christmas money

6. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
The ducks
The Secret Goldfish
His razor
The ducks

7. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Gary Cooper
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
A mental hospital
Vicks Nose Drops

8. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
The Secret Goldfish
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Grand
To a matinee and a skating rink

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

10. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Benedict Arnold
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
A red hunting hat
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

11. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Holding hands with Jane
The 39 Steps
The ducks
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

12. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
Pacifist
See the Lunts
A prostitute
Play checkers

13. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Gary Cooper
The 39 Steps

14. 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
Her Christmas money
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

15. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
The Secret Goldfish
His razor
Her Christmas money
Allie Caulfield

16. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
The Secret Goldfish
Pacifist
Ossenburger
Hollywood screenwriter

17. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Doesn't like anything
Grand
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
His baseball glove

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

19. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

20. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Vicks Nose Drops
Benedict Arnold
The ducks

21. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
See the Lunts
Joining a monastery
Pencey Prep
A cab driver

22. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

23. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A prostitute
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Leukemia
'Secret slob'

24. 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
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

25. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Ossenburger
The 39 Steps
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Vicks Nose Drops

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

27. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
Allie Caulfield
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
The 39 Steps

28. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
Pacifist
Play checkers
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
See the Lunts

29. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Joining a monastery
Doesn't like anything
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

30. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Joining a monastery
A red hunting hat
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

31. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
A prostitute
He has prematurely graying hair.
'Secret slob'
December

32. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Grand
Ward Stradlater
A red hunting hat
Likes Romeo and Juliet

33. Where does the title of the novel come from
A red hunting hat
Holding hands with Jane
A poem by Robert Burns
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

34. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Her Christmas money
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
To a matinee and a skating rink

35. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Doesn't like anything
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Holding hands with Jane
Grand

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?
Grand
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Hollywood screenwriter
A red hunting hat

38. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
December
Her Christmas money
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

39. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Vicks Nose Drops
Grand
Leukemia
Ossenburger

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

41. What is D.B.'s profession?
Two nuns
Hollywood screenwriter
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
A cab driver

42. How did Allie die?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
His baseball glove
Leukemia
Her Christmas money

43. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
December
The 39 Steps
Two nuns
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

44. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
Vicks Nose Drops
Allie Caulfield
A cab driver
Joining a monastery

45. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

46. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Joining a monastery
Play checkers
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Doesn't like anything

47. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Vicks Nose Drops
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Hollywood screenwriter
Sunny

48. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
'Secret slob'
A mental hospital
A prostitute

49. 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
A red hunting hat
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

50. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
The 39 Steps
Leukemia
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
The ducks