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. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?






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






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


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






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






6. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?






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






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






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






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


11. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden


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






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






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


15. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?






16. Where is Holden when the novel begins?






17. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because






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






19. Where does the title of the novel come from






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






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






22. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?






23. How did Allie die?






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






25. What school did Holden get expelled from?






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






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


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






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






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






31. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?






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


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






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


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






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






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






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


39. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a






40. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?


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


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






43. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?






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






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






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






47. In what month does the novel take place?






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






49. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to






50. Where does the title of the novel come from