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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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

2. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
A mental hospital
See the Lunts
Benedict Arnold
Likes Romeo and Juliet

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

4. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Vicks Nose Drops
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Holding hands with Jane

5. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Ossenburger
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Joining a monastery
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

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

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

8. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
Pacifist
Pencey Prep
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

9. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
His baseball glove
A poem by Robert Burns
His razor
Likes Romeo and Juliet

10. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Jane Gallagher
He has prematurely graying hair.
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

11. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
The ducks
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
He has prematurely graying hair.
Two nuns

12. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
The 39 Steps
To a matinee and a skating rink
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13. In what month does the novel take place?
Pacifist
Grand
'Secret slob'
December

14. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Holding hands with Jane
Vicks Nose Drops

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

16. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

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

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

19. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
A cab driver
He lost the fencing team's equipment

20. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Allie Caulfield
Two nuns
See the Lunts
A mental hospital

21. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
His razor
Allie Caulfield
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

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

23. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Vicks Nose Drops
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Ossenburger
Holding hands with Jane

24. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
December
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Ward Stradlater
Jane Gallagher

25. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
He lost the fencing team's equipment
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
His baseball glove
Gary Cooper

26. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Vicks Nose Drops
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Grand
The Secret Goldfish

27. How did Allie die?
Pacifist
Gary Cooper
Vicks Nose Drops
Leukemia

28. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
Jane Gallagher
To a matinee and a skating rink
Joining a monastery

29. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
The Secret Goldfish
Ward Stradlater
A cab driver
Gary Cooper

30. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Joining a monastery
See the Lunts
Leukemia
He has prematurely graying hair.

31. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Doesn't like anything
Two nuns
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Pacifist

32. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
He has prematurely graying hair.
Ward Stradlater
Leukemia

33. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
See the Lunts

34. What school did Holden get expelled from?
December
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Pencey Prep
Ward Stradlater

35. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Jane Gallagher
A mental hospital
The 39 Steps

36. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
To a matinee and a skating rink
Vicks Nose Drops
Sunny

37. In what month does the novel take place?
December
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A prostitute

38. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Benedict Arnold
Likes Romeo and Juliet
His razor
The Secret Goldfish

39. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Vicks Nose Drops
Likes Romeo and Juliet

40. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Vicks Nose Drops
See the Lunts
'Secret slob'

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

42. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
He lost the fencing team's equipment
A prostitute
See the Lunts
He has prematurely graying hair.

43. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
See the Lunts
Sunny
Pacifist
Grand

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

45. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
His razor
His baseball glove
Likes Romeo and Juliet
A red hunting hat

46. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Doesn't like anything
Pencey Prep

47. How did Allie die?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
A cab driver
Leukemia
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

48. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
The 39 Steps
A mental hospital
The Secret Goldfish
A prostitute

49. Where does the title of the novel come from
His baseball glove
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A poem by Robert Burns
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

50. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Jane Gallagher
Doesn't like anything
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Ward Stradlater