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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
The ducks
Vicks Nose Drops
A poem by Robert Burns
Holding hands with Jane

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

3. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
A poem by Robert Burns
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Benedict Arnold
A prostitute

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

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

6. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Vicks Nose Drops
A mental hospital
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Two nuns

7. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
December
To a matinee and a skating rink
To a matinee and a skating rink
Holding hands with Jane

8. What school did Holden get expelled from?
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Pencey Prep
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

9. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

10. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
A red hunting hat
A cab driver
Grand
Leukemia

11. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
See the Lunts
A cab driver
Gary Cooper
Vicks Nose Drops

12. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Grand
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
A mental hospital

13. How did Allie die?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Leukemia
Pacifist
A cab driver

14. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
'Secret slob'
His baseball glove
To a matinee and a skating rink
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

15. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
A red hunting hat
He has prematurely graying hair.
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

16. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
See the Lunts
Grand
Two nuns
Pacifist

17. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Ossenburger
Holden's dream job

18. What is D.B.'s profession?
Gary Cooper
Hollywood screenwriter
Gary Cooper
He has prematurely graying hair.

19. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Ward Stradlater
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A cab driver
His razor

20. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Joining a monastery
'Secret slob'
He lost the fencing team's equipment
His baseball glove

21. Where does the title of the novel come from
Holding hands with Jane
A poem by Robert Burns
Play checkers
The 39 Steps

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

23. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Play checkers
A mental hospital
To a matinee and a skating rink

24. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Pencey Prep
Holding hands with Jane
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
The Secret Goldfish

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

26. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
His razor
The ducks
Ossenburger
He lost the fencing team's equipment

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

28. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Vicks Nose Drops
To a matinee and a skating rink
Ward Stradlater
A cab driver

29. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
A prostitute
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

30. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
A mental hospital
His baseball glove
Vicks Nose Drops

31. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Holding hands with Jane
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Pacifist
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

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

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

34. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
December
Two nuns

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

36. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Vicks Nose Drops
Ward Stradlater
Holding hands with Jane

37. Where does the title of the novel come from
A red hunting hat
A cab driver
Ossenburger
A poem by Robert Burns

38. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
Vicks Nose Drops
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
See the Lunts
Grand

39. How did Allie die?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Leukemia
Jane Gallagher
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

40. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
The 39 Steps
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Holden's dream job

41. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Play checkers
Gary Cooper
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
He lost the fencing team's equipment

42. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
To a matinee and a skating rink
Vicks Nose Drops
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

43. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
A cab driver
His razor
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
December

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

45. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
A cab driver
Her Christmas money
Holden's dream job
Joining a monastery

46. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A red hunting hat
Holding hands with Jane
Grand
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

47. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Pacifist
Likes Romeo and Juliet
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

48. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Joining a monastery
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

49. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
The 39 Steps
December
His razor
Jane Gallagher

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