Catcher in the Rye questions

Questions

Blooms
Level of
Questioning

TEST QUESTIONS

Knowled 1. Define the location of Holdens first encounter

with alienation
ge
Question
A) The hotel
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B) The train ride back from Pencey
C) The football game
D) Mr. Spencers home

2. Which of the following characters does Holden

have his first physical conflict with
A) Stradlater
B) Mr. Antolini
C) Sunny
D) Maurice
1. Which action best represents Holden as a
changed man?

Compreh
ension
Question A) His donation to the nuns
B) His concern for his roommates luggage
s

C) His conversation with Phoebe outside the school

D) His conversation with Mrs. Morrow on the
departing train

2. Which location identifies Holden in his weakest

form?
A) Pencey
B) His house
C) The ice rink

D) The taxi ride

3. But Id feel like I ought to sock the guy in the

jaw or something- break his goddamn jaw. Only I
wouldnt have the guts to do it- How this quote
play a universal role in displaying Holden as a
character.
A) It shows Holdens as an insignificant being
compared to his parents
B) It shows Holdens constant criticism and
reluctance upon action
C) It shows Holdens sorrow in being at Pencey
instead of the other school
D) It shows how his longing for a male companion
has made him weaker
1. When something perverty like that happens, I
start sweating like a bastard. That kind of stuffs
happened to me about twenty times since I was a
kid. I cant stand it. How does this quote infer
upon the type of person Mr. Antolini is?

Applicati
on
Question A) It refers to the similarity in advice given
between Mr. Antolini and Mr. Spencer
s
B) It refers to the perverted actions by Mr. Antolini
C) It contrasts with the refined actions by Mr.
James
D) It infers Mr. James wanting him to come back to
Pembrook

2. What do the nuns that Holden interacts with

represent?
A) Pity and self guilt
B) Crime vs Purity
C) Religion

D) Atheism

3. Why does Salinger portray Holden as the specific

character that he is based on real world rhetoric?
A) Its a reference to the real threat of Vietnam
that he faced
B) Its inferred that it is based on depression
characteristics he achieved from the War
C) Because of the murder of his parents and the
connections he makes
D) Because of the traumatic car crash he took part
in

4. How does Holdens constant movement in the

night represent and reflect the mindset his
character is portrayed as?
A) It shows how he longs for another school.
B) It shows how his constant movement reflects his
constant movement with people and depression
C) It relates to his desire to get back at Maurice
D) It infers his plot for Phoebes school

5. What significance does Allies death present in

acting as a prerequisite to the ending?
A) It shows how much he hated his brother
B) It refers to the grievance Holden finally
completes with the course of the book
C) It acts as a red herring to the real plot of the
novel
D) It shows why Phoebe started a young life of

smoking
1. Upon analysis of the quote Dont ever tell
anybody anything. If you do, you start missing
everybody., how does this contrast or further
develop the perspective of Holden.

Analysis
Question A) It is a satirical line from Holden considering he
s
just told the reader his entire night.
B) It explains the social death of DB.
C) It refers to the segregational perpetuation
Phoebe had on him
D) Relating to the stigma of isolation with the
ducks

2. I cant sit in a corny place like this cold sober.

Cantcha stick a lite rum in it or something?, how
does this quote place a universal connection to the
theme of Holden in the sense of representation?
A) It represents Holden as unable to stand life
sober and needs rum to feel
B) It shows Holden as morally against alcohol
C) It represents the religious theme Holden has
D) Relates to that of the multiple girls Holden
situates himself with.

3. Romeo and Juliet, at least it was their own

fault, how this quote suggest irony to Holdens
life?
A) Holden perpetuates all the problems affecting
him over the course of the night
B) Phoebe directly causes the grieve in his life
C) Holden supported the impact of the death of

Allie
D) It reflects the affair he wanted with Mrs. Morrow

4. Daddyll kill ya, why is it important Holdens

father is never seen as a rhetorical element.
A) It represents the lack of a clear fatherly
influence
B) It is seen as satire by the influence of his
mother
C) It is ironic because he is adopted
D) It is unfortunate because he is seen multiple
times

5. God, he was a nice kid, though. He used to

laugh so hard at something he thought of at the
dinner table that he just about fell off his chair.,
how do multiple references in the novel like this
show the contrast in Holdens life?

Synthesi
s
Question
s

A) It shows how Holden hates simple people

B) It perpetuates the assumption that Holden
desires a critical class
C) It represents the irony in his poor lifestyle when
he has opportunities to be successful
D) It shows the influence that greed has played
with Holden
1. How can this sentence be improved to better
represent Holdens anger? What a mobd be
there. They all came when Allie died, the whole
goddam stupid bunch of them.
2. How can you combine past themes with this
quote to show Holdens feelings about

entertainment media? Boy I couldnt get off that

goddamn Broadway fast enough. I was lucky.

Evaluatio
n
Question
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3. What improvements can be made to improve

Holdens explanation upon what he would do when
catching a thief? Then the crook that had stolen
them probably wouldve said, his voice very
innocent and all, what gloves?
1. She does that quite frequently. Shes a true
mad man sometimes. Examine and explain how
Holdens relation with individuals representations
play an ironic role with representations of himself?
2. A lot of people, especially this one
psychoanalyst guy they have here, keeps asking
me if Im going to apply myself when I go back to
school next September.
Examine the sense of application, under the
sense that Holden as a character applied himself
in the telling of his story but not in any of the
actions he took as a part of the story- evaluate this
rhetorical construction.