Test your basic knowledge |

Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a






2. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden


3. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to






4. In what month does the novel take place?






5. How did Allie die?






6. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?






7. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters






8. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?






9. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?






10. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?


11. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because






12. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters






13. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?






14. Where is Holden when the novel begins?






15. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?






16. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is






17. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?






18. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?






19. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden






20. What is D.B.'s profession?






21. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is






22. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?






23. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?






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


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


26. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because






27. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?






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


29. Where does the title of the novel come from






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


31. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?






32. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?






33. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?






34. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?






35. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?






36. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?






37. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?






38. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?






39. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun






40. What school did Holden get expelled from?






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


42. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was






43. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was






44. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?






45. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.






46. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.






47. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to






48. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?






49. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...






50. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?