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Quiz about Holden as the Catcher in the Rye
Quiz about Holden as the Catcher in the Rye

Holden as the "Catcher in the Rye" Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by andrea704. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
andrea704
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
131,779
Updated
Jun 13 22
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
18 / 25
Plays
2786
Last 3 plays: Guest 104 (23/25), Everseer2 (24/25), Guest 174 (12/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. What is Holden's brother's profession? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. What is the only class that Holden is not failing? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. Complete this sentence: "I'm the most terrific______ you ever saw in your life." Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. What did Holden buy in New York that he uses often throughout the book? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. What does Holden write Stradlater's English paper about? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Why did Holden's parents want him psychoanalyzed when he was thirteen? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. After Holden and Stradlater get into a fight, what kind of person does Holden say he (Holden) is? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. Complete the sentence: "I felt so lonesome all of a sudden. I almost wished I was______." Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. On the train, what reason does Holden give Mrs. Morrow as to why he is going home early? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. What question does Holden keep asking the cab drivers? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. What does Phoebe like to do that she never finishes? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. What are the three girls looking for in the club at the hotel? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. According to Holden, what does Jane do better than most girls? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. When Holden relates the story of his stolen gloves, what personality trait does he say he possesses? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. Is Holden a virgin?


Question 16 of 25
16. What does Holden do a lot when he gets depressed? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Which people from the Bible does Holden not like? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. What personal possession does Holden say can cause him to hate someone? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. According to Holden, the main problem in going to war is the strong possibility of dying.


Question 20 of 25
20. What does Phoebe change every time Holden sees her? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. What did James Castle do instead of taking back what he said about Phil Stabile? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. What does Holden want his profession to be? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. According to Mr. Antolini, Holden will die in disgrace.


Question 24 of 25
24. What did Phoebe say to Holden for the first time when he told her he was going away and she couldn't go with him? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. Where is Holden throughout the novel? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is Holden's brother's profession?

Answer: writer

"He used to be just a regular writer, when he was home. Now he's out in Hollywood, D.B., being a prostitute. If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me." D.B. isn't a real prostitute, but Holden calls him one because he is selling himself to the movie industry.
2. What is the only class that Holden is not failing?

Answer: English

Holden is talking with Mr. Spencer:
"How many subjects did you carry this term?"
"Five, sir."
"Five. And how many are you failing in?"
"Four. I passed English alright."
3. Complete this sentence: "I'm the most terrific______ you ever saw in your life."

Answer: liar

"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible."
4. What did Holden buy in New York that he uses often throughout the book?

Answer: a red hunting hat

Holden's late brother Allie had bright red hair, and Holden's red hunting hat reminds him of Allie.
5. What does Holden write Stradlater's English paper about?

Answer: Allie's baseball glove

"I wrote about my brother Allie's baseball mitt. My brother Allie had this left-handed fielder's mitt. He had poems written all over the fingers and the pocket and everywhere. In green ink. He wrote them on it so that he'd have something to read when he was in the field and nobody was up to bat."
6. Why did Holden's parents want him psychoanalyzed when he was thirteen?

Answer: He punched out all the windows in the garage

"I was only thirteen, and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage. I slept in the garage the night Allie died, and I broke all the windows with my fist, just for the hell of it. My hand still hurts me once in a while."
7. After Holden and Stradlater get into a fight, what kind of person does Holden say he (Holden) is?

Answer: a pacifist

"I'd only been in about two fights in my life, and I lost both of them. I'm not too tough. I'm a pacifist, if you want to know the truth."
8. Complete the sentence: "I felt so lonesome all of a sudden. I almost wished I was______."

Answer: dead

Holden says that he wished he was dead several times throughout the novel because he always seems to be lonely. He thinks his life really sucks.
9. On the train, what reason does Holden give Mrs. Morrow as to why he is going home early?

Answer: He is having a brain tumor removed

When talking to Mrs. Morrow on the train, Holden does not want to tell her that he got kicked out of Pencey, so he tells her he is having an operation. When she gets very worried, he says he is only having a small brain tumor removed.
10. What question does Holden keep asking the cab drivers?

Answer: What happens to the ducks when the lagoon in Central Park freezes?

Holden desperately wants to know where the ducks go when the pond freezes over, so he asks almost everyone he can. He even goes so far as wondering if a truck comes to pick them up.
11. What does Phoebe like to do that she never finishes?

Answer: Write stories

"She writes books all the time. Only she doesn't finish them. They're all about some kid named Hazel Weatherfield - only old Phoebe spells it 'Hazle'".
12. What are the three girls looking for in the club at the hotel?

Answer: movie stars

The girls in the club are looking for movie stars, and they don't pay much attention to Holden. While he is dancing with one of them, he says he just saw Gary Cooper, and the girl freaks out.
13. According to Holden, what does Jane do better than most girls?

Answer: hold hands

"She was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their hand dies on your, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time. Jane was different."
14. When Holden relates the story of his stolen gloves, what personality trait does he say he possesses?

Answer: He is yellow

"I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I'd care too much. Maybe that's why I'm partly yellow. The more I thought about my gloves and my yellowness, the more depressed I got."
15. Is Holden a virgin?

Answer: Yes

"If you want to know the truth, I'm a virgin. I really am. I've had quite a few opportunities to lose my virginity and all, but I've never got around to it yet."
16. What does Holden do a lot when he gets depressed?

Answer: Talks to Allie

"Boy I felt miserable. I felt so depressed, you can't imagine. What I did, I started talking, sort of out loud, to Allie. I do that sometimes when I get very depressed."
17. Which people from the Bible does Holden not like?

Answer: Disciples

"I like Jesus and all, but I don't care much for most of the other stuff in the Bible. Take the Disciples, for instance. They annoy the hell out of me, if you want to know the truth."
18. What personal possession does Holden say can cause him to hate someone?

Answer: luggage

"It isn't important, I know, but I hate it when somebody has cheap suitcases. It sounds terrible to say it, but I can even get to hate somebody, just looking at them, if they have cheap suitcases with them."
19. According to Holden, the main problem in going to war is the strong possibility of dying.

Answer: False

"War wouldn't be too bad if they'd just take you out and shoot you or something, but you have to stay in the Army so long. That's the whole trouble. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right on top of the atomic bomb."
20. What does Phoebe change every time Holden sees her?

Answer: her middle name

"Her middle name is Josephine, for God's sake, not Weatherfield. She doesn't like it though. Every time I see her she's got a new middle name for herself."
21. What did James Castle do instead of taking back what he said about Phil Stabile?

Answer: jumped out the window

"James Castle wouldn't take back something he said about this very conceited guy, Phile Stabile. Finally, what he did, instead of taking back what he said, he jumped out the window. I was in the shower and all, and even I could hear him land outside."
22. What does Holden want his profession to be?

Answer: Catcher in the rye

"What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be."
23. According to Mr. Antolini, Holden will die in disgrace.

Answer: False

"I don't want to scare you", he said, "but I can very clearly see you dying nobly, one way or another, for some highly unworthy cause."
24. What did Phoebe say to Holden for the first time when he told her he was going away and she couldn't go with him?

Answer: Shut up

"'So shut up', she said. It was the first time she ever told me to shut up. It sounded terrible. God, it sounded terrible. It sounded worse than swearing."
25. Where is Holden throughout the novel?

Answer: a mental institution

Although Salinger never comes out and directly says that Holden is in a mental institution, it is pretty easy to figure out where he is through the clues given in the last chapter of the novel.
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