选择部分:
1. When the novel begins, Holden describes
A. Watching a football game
B. Taking a train to New York
C. Recuperating in a tuberculosis rest home
D. Riding a carousel in Central Park
2. What is the name of the school Holden is attending at the beginning of his story?
A. The Whooton School
B. Pencey Prep
C. Don Bosco High
D. Elkton Hills
3. Holden was forced to return early to school from New York because
A. His parents caught him in their apartment.
B. He lost the fencing team’s equipment.
C. He desperately wanted to see the final football game.
D. He needed to see Mr. Spencer.
4. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team’s trip to New York?
A. A hound’s-tooth jacket
B. A red hunting hat
C. A brown derby
D. A pink leisure suit
5. Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley, Holden describes Stradlater as a(n)
A. “Anal-retentive neat-freak”
B. “Guy whose mess you don’t mind”
C. “Clean and nice roommate”
D. “Secret slob”
6. Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after
A. Stradlater refuses to answer Holden’s questions about his date.
B. Stradlater suddenly attacks him.
C. Stradlater brags about his sexual conquests.
D. Stradlater rips his hound’s-tooth jacket.
7. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
A. Talk about the Museum of Natural History
B. Play checkers
C. Write stories
D. Ride her bike
8. Once back in New York, the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
A. A cab driver
B. Faith Cavendish
C. Carl Luce
D. Sally Hayes
9. Holden wonders about the fate of which animals in Central Park?
A. The squirrels in the Sheep Meadow
B. The goats in the Children’s Zoo
C. The feral dogs roaming the Nature Preserve
D. The ducks in the lagoon
10. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel, what does he see out of his window?
A. A parade
B. A flock of ducks flying away from the Central Park lagoon
C. A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
D. Jane Gallagher fooling around with Stradlater
11. According to Holden, he knew he was happy when he was
A. Holding hands with Jane
B. Writing essays for Mr. Spencer
C. Fooling “phonies” with elaborate lies
D. Listening to Ernie play piano
12. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden
A. Drugs
B. Complimentary breakfast
C. A prostitute
D. Movie tickets
13. Holden claims he can’t sleep with Sunny because
A. He’s a virgin.
B. He loves her too much.
C. He’s mourning the death of his mother.
D. He’s just had an operation on his “clavichord.”
14. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch, what does Holden do?
A. He repeatedly insults Maurice, resulting in further physical punishment.
B. He punches Maurice in the face.
C. He collapses to the floor, cursing at Sunny.
D. He hops around the room, spewing profanities while smoke comes out of his ears.
15. After his encounter with Maurice, Holden
A. Calls the police
B. Calls Jane Gallagher
C. Pretends he’s a movie character who has been shot
D. Realizes he’s in love with Sunny
16. At breakfast, Holden is surprised that the nun
A. Eats fatty foods
B. Likes spaghetti
C. Shows no remorse over stealing the collection money
D. Spits water on her partner’s face
17. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?
A. A book titled
B. An autographed photograph of Robert Donat
C. A record titled “Little Shirley Beans”
D. A pair of yellow shoes
18. According to Holden, what is “the best thing” about the Museum of Natural History?
A. “That everything always stayed right where it was”
B. “That no goddam phonies ever went there”
C. “That this one crazy Indian always reminds [him] of Allie”
D. “That the birds look exactly like the ducks in the lagoon”
19. As Holden predicted, Sally is excited to
A. Talk about their futures
B. Openly discuss their problems and emotions
C. See the Lunts
D. Listen to “Little Shirley Beans”
20. Although Phoebe’s real middle name is “Josephine,” she signs her name as
A. Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
B. Phoebe Allie Caulfield
C. Phoebe Benedict Arnold Caulfield
D. Phoebe “Mad Dog” Caulfield
21. Phoebe chastises Holden because, in her mind, he
A. Smokes too many cigarettes
B. Dates terrible women
C. Is too nice
D. Doesn’t like anything
22. What or who is the “catcher in the rye”?
A. Holden’s dream job
B. Phoebe’s favorite stuffed animal
C. An old college buddy of Holden’s father
D. A symbolically important drinking glass
23. Just before he leaves her room, Phoebe gives Holden
A. A stern scolding
B. A record she had bought for him
C. Her Christmas money
D. His red hunting hat
24. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini’s apartment because
A. Mr. Antolini passes out drunk.
B. He feels sick.
C. He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
D. Mr. Antolini throws him out.
25. As he prepares to leave New York City, Holden repeatedly encounters
A. Mr. Antolini
B. Vulgarity scrawled on walls
C. His brother’s ghost
D. Ackley and Stradlater
答案
1-5 ABBBD
6-10 ABADC
11-15 ACDAC
16-20 BCACA
21-25 DACCB
1. What loss did Holden sustain at a young age that marked the beginning of his decline
into depression and anger in The Catcher in the Rye?
A. Holden's family home was destroyed.
B. Holden's mother abandoned him.
C. Holden's little brother died.
D. Holden's best friend moved away.
2. What does Holden think when he first sees Sally Hayes at the Biltmore in The Catcher in
the Rye?
A. He wants to marry her.
B. She is a phony.
C. He is irritated that she is late.
D. He kind of hates her.
3. Why does Holden think Sally will like the band the Lunts in The Catcher in the Rye?
A. Because Sally had previously said she'd liked the band.
B. Because it's a good band.
C. Because Holden thinks both Sally and the band are show-offs and sell-outs.
D. Because it's Holden's favorite.
答案 DCC
关于 Themes, Motifs, and Symbols 的题
What characterizes “a phony,” according to Holden?
A. Joking, playing pranks, going on dates
B. Intelligence and cynicism
C. Superficiality, pretension, hypocrisy
D. Being a good student and going to a good college
Whose phoniness does Holden fail to see?
A. Phoebe’s B. Mr. Antolini’s C. His own D. His parents’
How does Holden feel about childhood because he’s scared of growing up?
A. He thinks it’s the source of all the phoniness.
B. He idealizes it.
C. He says it is falsely idealized.
D. He says there’s no difference between childhood and adulthood.
What does Holden’s red hunting cap symbolize?
A. Rebirth and renewal
B. Holden’s ability to focus
C. Holden’s attempt to be different
D. Confusion
What does Holden’s obsessive search for company reveal?
A. His deep loneliness
B. His social nature
C. Insomnia
D. The onset of pneumonia
答案 CCBCA
What does Holden call people he thinks are superficial?
A. Flits
B. Phonies
C. Champs
D. Stradlaters
Who does Holden think should have sex?
A. Teens experimenting with casual sex
B. Men and prostitutes
C. Couples who care a lot about each other
D. Only married couples
What does Phoebe help the reader understand about Holden?
A. Holden is not really so messed up.
B. Holden’s mean to her.
C. Holden constantly tells lies and makes false promises.
D. Holden is deeply sad and has difficulty maturing.
How does Mr. Antolini gain Holden’s trust?
A. By offering Holden a drink
B. By being unconventional and encouraging
C. By making it clear to Holden that he’s attracted to him
D. By sharing his private journals
Why does Holden regret his initial assumption that Mr. Antolini tried to molest him?
A. Because Mr. Antolini is going to get in trouble with the police
B. He realizes he often makes hasty judgments about people.
C. He would have slept better if he had stayed.
D. He understands that Mr. Antolini was making a cry for help.
答案 BCDBB
Who is Holden’s roommate at Pencey Prep?
A. Ackley
B. Stradlater
C. Carl Luce
D. Maurice
Whose death torments Holden?
A. The thought of his own one day
B. Mr. Spencer’s, his history teacher at Pencey Prep
C. His younger brother, Allie’s
D. His older brother, D.B.’s
Who is the girl Holden came to know and like one summer?
A. Jane Gallagher
B. Sally Hayes
C. Sunny
D. Phoebe
Who is the English teacher Holden respects?
A. Carl Luce
B. Mr. Antolini
C. Mr. Spencer
D. Maurice
答案 BBCAB
下一套：
1. **Where does Holden go instead of looking for Phoebe?**
A. The museum.
B. The park.
C. The Biltmore.
D. Grand Central Station.
2. **Where does Mr. Antolini make up a bed for Holden?**
A. The spare room.
B. On the couch.
C. In the maid's room.
D. On the recliner.
3. **How far does Holden walk back to the hotel?**
A. 37 blocks.
B. The exact number is not given.
C. 12 blocks.
D. 41 blocks.
4. **Where is the second place Holden intends to look for Phoebe?**
A. Rockefeller Center.
B. School.
C. At the museum.
D. At the park.
5. **How does Holden's date with Sally end?**
A. Holden leaves.
B. Sally storms out.
C. Holden walks her home.
D. They get a hotel room together.
6. **What illness does a magazine article make Holden think he has?**
A. Cancer.
B. Bronchitis.
C. Lupus.
D. Pneumonia.
7. **Who does Holden call when he was drunk?**
A. Sally Hayes.
B. Phoebe.
C. Jane Gallagher.
D. Carl Luce.
8. **What does Phoebe give Holden?**
A. Her bracelet.
B. A watch.
C. More money.
D. The red hunting hat.
9. **On what floor is Holden's family apartment?**
A. 7.
B. 23.
C. The top.
D. 12.
10. **Where does Carl go to school?**
A. NYU.
B. Columbia.
C. Brown.
D. Yale.
11. **Where did Holden sleep after leaving Mr. Antolini's apartment?**
A. Another hotel.
B. Grand Central.
C. The Museum of Art.
D. Central Park.
12. **What does Holden say about his spirituality?**
A. “I wish I was Catholic.”
B. “I'm sort of an atheist.”
C. “I'm sort of a Christian.”
D. “I'm a pretty devout Jew, if you want to know the truth.”
13. **What is Holden's cab driver's name?**
A. Maurice.
B. Horowitz.
C. Michael.
D. Ernie.
14. **What terrible thing happens as Holden gets to the park?**
A. He vomits on his shoes.
B. He breaks Phoebe's record.
C. He runs into his father.
D. He gets mugged.
15. **Where does Holden go from his apartment?**
A. The Edmont Hotel.
B. Colorado.
C. Grand Central Station.
D. Mr. Antolini's apartment.
16. **What does Holden give Phoebe before he leaves?**
A. A note he wrote her.
B. His coat.
C. A cigarette.
D. His hunting hat.
17. **What does Holden eat at the beginning of the chapter?**
A. A ham and swiss sandwich.
B. A cookie.
C. A tuna melt.
D. A turkey sandwich.
18. **Where did Holden room with Harris Macklin?**
A. Whooton School.
B. Columbia.
C. Elkton Hills.
D. Pencey Prep.
19. **Why does Holden think Ernie is a phony?**
A. He hates people.
B. He is a big snob.
C. He has sold himself out.
D. He is a bad piano player.
20. **Where does Holden decide to go at the end of the chapter?**
A. Another hotel.
B. Home.
C. Jane's house.
D. Grand Central Station.
21. **How much does Holden allegedly owe the person who comes to his door?**
A. A dollar.
B. Fifty cents.
C. A kiss.
D. Five dollars.
22. **What name is written inside Phoebe's arithmetic book?**
A. Phoebe Josephine Caulfield.
B. Phoebe Danger Caulfield.
C. Phoebe Caulfield, Esq.
D. Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield.
23. **Who made Jane cry when she and Holden were playing checkers?**
A. Holden's mother.
B. Her mother.
C. Holden.
D. Her step-father.
24. **Where does Holden take Phoebe?**
A. Radio City Music Hall.
B. The carousel.
C. The ice-skating rink.
D. Home.
25. **Who does Holden run into at Ernie's?**
A. Ward Stradlater.
B. Lillian Simmons.
C. Sally Hayes.
D. Jane Gallagher.
答案:
1-5 CBDCA
6-10 AADDB
11-15 BBBBD
16-20 DACBB
21-25 DDDBB
简答题部分
CHAPTER 1
1. From where is Holden writing this? When does he write this?
2. What are the differences between the Pencey represented in the brochures and the real
Pencey?
3. Why has Holden been kicked out of Pencey?
CHAPTER 2
1. When Spencer tells him life is just a game, what thoughts does Holden have about life? What
does this suggest about his nature?
2. While Spencer is speaking to him, what does Holden think about? Why?
3. Why does Holden say he left Whooton?
CHAPTER 3
1. Holden lives in the Ossenburger dorm? Who is Ossenburger?
2. What kind of hat does Holden wear? Why?
3. What would Holden like to do when he is done reading a really good book? Do you see any
irony in Salinger’s experience?
4. Who is Robert Ackley?
5. Who is Stradlater?
CHAPTER 4
1. While Stradlater is shaving, what request does Stradlater make of Holden? Why does Holden
find this ironic?
2. Who does Stradlater have a date with and what is her connection to Holden?
CHAPTER 5
1. Holden makes a snowball and is going to throw it out his window. Why doesn’t he? How does
this keep with his character?
2. Describe the composition Holden writes.
CHAPTER 6
1. What happens when Stradlater reads the composition?
2. Where does Stradlater say he went on his date?
3. What does Holden do?
CHAPTER 7
1. Where does Holden go?
2. What does he think about that makes him sad?
CHAPTER 8
1. Who does Holden meet on the train?
2. Why does Holden tell her what he does?
CHAPTER 9
1. What does Holden ask the cab driver?
2. What does Holden see in the windows of the hotel rooms?
3. If Holden is disgusted, why does he still look?
4. Who is Faith Cavendish?
CHAPTER 10
1. Who is Phoebe? Why does Holden feel about her the way he does?
2. Describe his experience in the Lavender room.
CHAPTER 11
1. Compare and contrast Holden’s relationship with Jane Gallagher to Stradlater’s relationship
with her.
2. When did Holden and Jane come close to kissing?
3. Who is Ernie?
CHAPTER 12
1. What discussion does Holden have with the cab driver Horowitz?
2. What annoys Holden about the piano player?
3. Who does Holden meet in the bar?
CHAPTER 13
1. Why does Holden think he’s “yellow?” Is he?
2. What trouble does Holden end up in when he arrives at the hotel?
CHAPTER 14
1. Who does Holden imagine he is talking to?
2. What are Holden’s religious views? Is he?
3. Who is at his door? Is Holden “yellow?”
4. Why does Holden pretend he has a bullet in his gut?
CHAPTER 15
1. Who does Holden call?
2. What depresses Holden about the nuns?
3. What does Holden give them?
CHAPTER 16
1. What does Holden want to buy Phoebe?
2. While walking, Holden notices a little boy singing. What is the little boy singing?
3. What does the roller stake key symbolize?
4. Describe the experience Holden remembers having had as a child in the museum?
CHAPTER 17
1. Where does Holden go with Sally Hayes?
2. What does Holden tell Sally that he hates?
3. What proposition does Holden make to Sally?
CHAPTER 18
1. Where does Holden go?
2. What does the woman in the theater do and say to her son? What is ironic about this?
CHAPTER 19
1. Who does Holden meet at the Wicker Bar?
2. What advice does Luce offer Holden?
CHAPTER 20
1. Who does Holden call when he gets drunk?
2. What does Holden drop? What might be significant about this?
3. Describe Holden’s gloomy thoughts when he becomes cold and damp.
CHAPTER 21
1. Where does Holden decide to go?
2. What lucky break does Holden get?
CHAPTER 22
1. After talking to Holden for a while, what does Phoebe realize?
2. Where does Holden tell her he is going?
3. What does Phoebe want Holden to name? Can he?
4. What does Holden say he wants to be? What is Phoebe’s response?
CHAPTER 23
1. Who does Holden call?
2. What does Phoebe give Holden and why does he cry?
CHAPTER 24
1. Describe the class in Oral Expression? Does it sound familiar?
2. What is the quote Antolini writes down for Holden and what does it mean?
3. What does he say to Holden about being a student?
4. What is Holden awakened by? How does he react to this?
CHAPTER 25
1. Where does Holden go to sleep?
2. As he crosses the street, what feeling does Holden keep having?
3. What does Holden imagine he’ll do?
4. What does Holden try to erase from the wall? Can he?
5. What happens when Hodlen goes to the bathroom?
6. What is Phoebe carrying when she meets Holden and why?
7. What realization comes to Holden while Phoebe is reaching for the gold ring?
CHAPTER 26
1. Where is Holden writing from?
2. What does he say about viewing things in retrospect?
3. Does this novel end optimistically or pessimistically? Why?