The Catcher in the Rye Study Guide

The Catcher in the Rye Quiz 2

1. Holden's stories illustrate all of the following themes except

• innocence of childhood
• threatening adult authority
• Holden's dysfunctional attitudes about sex
• suicide as a healing measure

2. "I can very clearly see you dying nobly, one way or another, for some highly unworthy cause." This idea that Mr. Antolini expresses to Holden illustrates which of the following themes?

• death as the only way to preserve childhood
• martyrdom as a noble sacrifice
• violence as a mark of adulthood
• suicide as an escape from Holden's problems

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