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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Vicks Nose Drops
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

2. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
A prostitute
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
His baseball glove
Benedict Arnold

3. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Vicks Nose Drops
The 39 Steps
Joining a monastery

4. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
A poem by Robert Burns
A prostitute
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Holden's dream job

5. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
A red hunting hat
A cab driver
His baseball glove
A prostitute

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

7. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
To a matinee and a skating rink
His razor
Holden's dream job
Gary Cooper

8. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
A mental hospital
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Jane Gallagher
Doesn't like anything

9. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Play checkers
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
The 39 Steps

10. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
A red hunting hat
Benedict Arnold

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

12. How did Allie die?
Holding hands with Jane
A mental hospital
Leukemia
A red hunting hat

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

14. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
The Secret Goldfish
Likes Romeo and Juliet
His razor
He has prematurely graying hair.

15. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Holden's dream job
A poem by Robert Burns
The 39 Steps

16. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
The ducks
Play checkers

17. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Ward Stradlater
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Gary Cooper
A prostitute

18. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Allie Caulfield
Sunny
Gary Cooper
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

19. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
To a matinee and a skating rink
Joining a monastery
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

20. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
A prostitute
The ducks
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Ossenburger

21. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Pencey Prep
A poem by Robert Burns
Joining a monastery

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

23. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Allie Caulfield
A red hunting hat
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Jane Gallagher

24. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Her Christmas money
Ward Stradlater
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
To a matinee and a skating rink

25. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Pencey Prep

26. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
A red hunting hat
Vicks Nose Drops
Holding hands with Jane
Benedict Arnold

27. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
To a matinee and a skating rink
The 39 Steps
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

28. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Benedict Arnold
A cab driver
To a matinee and a skating rink
Ossenburger

29. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Holding hands with Jane
A cab driver

30. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
The 39 Steps
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Sunny
A cab driver

31. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Leukemia
The 39 Steps
See the Lunts

32. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
A mental hospital
A prostitute
The ducks

33. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Two nuns
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Vicks Nose Drops

34. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A cab driver
A red hunting hat
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Pacifist

35. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
He lost the fencing team's equipment
He has prematurely graying hair.
The ducks
Gary Cooper

36. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
He has prematurely graying hair.
Her Christmas money
December
Pacifist

37. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Pencey Prep
Likes Romeo and Juliet
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

38. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

39. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Ossenburger
Pacifist
Play checkers
A prostitute

40. What is D.B.'s profession?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Hollywood screenwriter
A red hunting hat
Benedict Arnold

41. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

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

43. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
His baseball glove
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Ossenburger
Pencey Prep

44. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Ossenburger
Pencey Prep
He has prematurely graying hair.
Hollywood screenwriter

45. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

46. What is D.B.'s profession?
Two nuns
Hollywood screenwriter
The Secret Goldfish
Leukemia

47. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
The 39 Steps
Allie Caulfield
Sunny

48. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Gary Cooper
Holden's dream job
Grand

49. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Ward Stradlater
Ward Stradlater
Allie Caulfield
Likes Romeo and Juliet

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