Nine Stories Quizzes

1. What quote does Salinger use to begin Nine Stories?

• "And thus is love lost, in the blink of an eye."
• "Read on, ye who dare."
• "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
• "We know the sound of two hands clapping. / But what is the sound of one hand clapping?"

2. Which of the following is NOT a story in Nine Stories?

• Franny
• Down at the Dinghy
• The Laughing Man
• Teddy

3. Which of the following titles is incorrect?

• De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period
• Just Before the War with the Eskimos
• Green Mouth and Pretty My Eyes
• Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut

4. Which of the following works was NOT written by J. D. Salinger?

• Rabbit, Run
• Catcher in the Rye
• For Esme - With Love and Squalor
• Franny and Zooey

5. Seymour's wife is

• Muriel
• Stacy
• Margaret
• Carlotta

6. Seymour fought in

• World War II
• the War of 1812
• the Vietnam War
• the Russo-Japanese War

7. Sybil _______

• Carpenter
• Glass
• Smith
• Shepherd

8. Who does Seymour's wife speak to on the phone?

• her mother
• her sister
• her brother
• her lover

9. Eloise's friend and former college roommate is named

• Ramona
• Akim
• Wiggily
• Mary Jane

10. What is the name of Eloise's old lover?

• Walt
• Spenser
• Seymour
• Tracy