Characters
Symbols
Motifs/ Themes
Quotes
Random
100
What was Holden's younger brother's name who died of leukemia?
What is Allie Caulfield
100
What did Holden wear the symbolized protection and security?
What is a red hunting hat
100
Name one motif in "The Catcher in the Rye"
Alienation/ Self Protection, Growing up, or phoniness of the adult world
100
Who says, "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
Holden
100
Who is the author of "The Catcher in the Rye"?
J.D. Salinger
200
Who was Holden's English teacher who gave him advice?
What is Mr. Antolini
200
Name one symbol from the novel
Red hunting hat, merry- go- round, the catcher in the rye, and ducks in Central Park
200
How does the motif of alienation reoccur throughout the novel?
Holden is constantly running away
200
Who says, "Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules"
Mr. Spencer
200
After they see a play and go skating, what does Holden ask Sally to do?
He asks her to run away with him and get married
300
Who does Holden call to meet up with at the Wicker Bar?
Who is Carl Luce?
300
What was significant about the ducks at Central Park?
The ducks only disappear temporarily, change and disappearance, change isn't permanent
300
Why does Holden have such a problem with growing up?
There are lots of phonies and there is no innocence
300
Who says, "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."
Mr. Antolini
300
What class did Holden do well in at Pencey Prep?
English
400
Name the two girls Holden calls multiple times within the novel
Who is Jane Gallagher and Sally Hayes
400
Explain the "catcher in the rye"
From the song, "Comin Thro' the Rye", Holden imagines a field on a cliff full of children, he wants to catch them falling off...save their innocence
400
Why can relationships/ intimacy be classified as a motif?
Constantly struggles to understand complexity, unpredictability, and potential for conflict and change with relationships
400
Who says, "I don't even know what I was running for--I guess I just felt like it."
Holden
400
Name one lie Holden tells
He lies to about Ernie Morrow to his mother. He tells her that Ernie's a good kid and that he's popular
500
Which main character did Holden consider a "non-phonie"?
Who is Phoebe Caulfield
500
What is the significance of the carousal?
stagnation in childhood, goes round and round..never changes, Phoebe reaches for the gold ring, "If she falls, she falls"...growing up
500
Why are Holden's lies ironic?
Always classifies people as being phony or fake yet he acts the same way
500
Who says, "You don't like anything that's happening." and "You don't like any schools. You don't like a million things. You don't."
Phoebe
500
Which friend did Holden consider to be a phony?
Stradlater