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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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

2. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Pencey Prep
'Secret slob'
The Secret Goldfish
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

3. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Ward Stradlater
Joining a monastery
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Play checkers

4. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Ossenburger
Doesn't like anything
See the Lunts
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

5. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Her Christmas money
Play checkers
The ducks
Benedict Arnold

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

7. What school did Holden get expelled from?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Vicks Nose Drops
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Pencey Prep

8. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
The ducks
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Leukemia

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

10. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

11. What school did Holden get expelled from?
His baseball glove
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Pencey Prep
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

12. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Play checkers
The Secret Goldfish

13. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
The ducks
A red hunting hat
A mental hospital
His baseball glove

14. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Vicks Nose Drops
Two nuns
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

15. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Play checkers
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Sunny
Likes Romeo and Juliet

16. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Allie Caulfield
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
A red hunting hat
The Secret Goldfish

17. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Ward Stradlater
Vicks Nose Drops
Ossenburger
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

18. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
'Secret slob'
Benedict Arnold
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Gary Cooper

19. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
The 39 Steps
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Likes Romeo and Juliet

20. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Play checkers
Two nuns
His razor
Vicks Nose Drops

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

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

23. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Joining a monastery
His razor
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Leukemia

24. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
To a matinee and a skating rink
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Two nuns
Jane Gallagher

25. How did Allie die?
A prostitute
Sunny
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Leukemia

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

27. In what month does the novel take place?
Grand
December
He has prematurely graying hair.
To a matinee and a skating rink

28. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
He lost the fencing team's equipment
A prostitute
Gary Cooper

29. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
'Secret slob'
Doesn't like anything
A red hunting hat
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

30. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Hollywood screenwriter
Sunny
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Gary Cooper

31. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
See the Lunts
He has prematurely graying hair.
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Two nuns

32. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
A cab driver
Pacifist
Vicks Nose Drops
See the Lunts

33. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Vicks Nose Drops

34. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Hollywood screenwriter
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Hollywood screenwriter

35. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
His baseball glove
His razor
Pencey Prep
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

36. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
The 39 Steps
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

37. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Pacifist
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Joining a monastery

38. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
He has prematurely graying hair.
His razor
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

39. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
A cab driver
The 39 Steps
Play checkers
A poem by Robert Burns

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

41. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Hollywood screenwriter
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
'Secret slob'
The Secret Goldfish

42. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Doesn't like anything
A poem by Robert Burns
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Vicks Nose Drops

43. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Leukemia
Holden's dream job
Gary Cooper
Two nuns

44. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Joining a monastery
December
His baseball glove
Likes Romeo and Juliet

45. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Joining a monastery
A poem by Robert Burns
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Gary Cooper

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

47. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
His baseball glove
Doesn't like anything
A cab driver
Pacifist

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

49. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A prostitute
Benedict Arnold
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Vicks Nose Drops

50. What is D.B.'s profession?
Allie Caulfield
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Hollywood screenwriter
Two nuns