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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Two nuns
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
See the Lunts

2. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Holden's dream job
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Play checkers
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

3. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
A cab driver
Play checkers
Likes Romeo and Juliet

4. In what month does the novel take place?
He has prematurely graying hair.
December
Doesn't like anything
Holden's dream job

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

6. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold
A red hunting hat
Grand

7. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
To a matinee and a skating rink
See the Lunts
His razor

8. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Benedict Arnold
Hollywood screenwriter
He has prematurely graying hair.
Pacifist

9. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Her Christmas money
Doesn't like anything
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
A cab driver

10. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
The ducks
A poem by Robert Burns
A cab driver
Likes Romeo and Juliet

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

12. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
The Secret Goldfish
Allie Caulfield
Joining a monastery
A poem by Robert Burns

13. How did Allie die?
Leukemia
Gary Cooper
Hollywood screenwriter
Two nuns

14. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
The ducks
See the Lunts

15. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Leukemia
Ward Stradlater
Doesn't like anything
His baseball glove

16. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Leukemia
Likes Romeo and Juliet
His baseball glove
Sunny

17. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

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

19. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A prostitute
Her Christmas money
To a matinee and a skating rink
He has prematurely graying hair.

20. How did Allie die?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Leukemia
Play checkers
To a matinee and a skating rink

21. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
A poem by Robert Burns
Grand
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Holden's dream job

22. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Two nuns
Benedict Arnold
Allie Caulfield

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

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

25. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Two nuns
Hollywood screenwriter
Holding hands with Jane
Holden's dream job

26. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Ossenburger
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
His razor
Jane Gallagher

27. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

28. What is D.B.'s profession?
'Secret slob'
Benedict Arnold
A prostitute
Hollywood screenwriter

29. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Grand
Gary Cooper
The ducks
The ducks

30. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
A cab driver
Vicks Nose Drops
Ward Stradlater
His baseball glove

31. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Hollywood screenwriter
His baseball glove
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

32. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
'Secret slob'
December
Grand

33. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Doesn't like anything
The 39 Steps
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

34. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Leukemia

35. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Likes Romeo and Juliet
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
'Secret slob'
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

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

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

38. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Leukemia
To a matinee and a skating rink
His baseball glove

39. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Hollywood screenwriter
Hollywood screenwriter
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Pencey Prep

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

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

42. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Her Christmas money
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
December
Vicks Nose Drops

43. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Two nuns
Holden's dream job
Ward Stradlater

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

45. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
The 39 Steps
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Hollywood screenwriter

46. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Allie Caulfield
His baseball glove
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

47. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A mental hospital
The ducks
A red hunting hat
Two nuns

48. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Pencey Prep
Vicks Nose Drops
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Ward Stradlater

49. Where does the title of the novel come from
A poem by Robert Burns
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Two nuns
'Secret slob'

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