J.D. Salinger - Test
  • 1. What is the full name of J.D. Salinger?
A) John Douglas Salinger
B) Joseph Daniel Salinger
C) Jerome David Salinger
D) James Daniel Salinger
  • 2. In which year was J.D. Salinger born?
A) 1905
B) 1919
C) 1935
D) 1925
  • 3. What was the title of J.D. Salinger's most famous novel?
A) Nine Stories
B) Franny and Zooey
C) Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
D) The Catcher in the Rye
  • 4. Which war did J.D. Salinger serve in?
A) Vietnam War
B) World War I
C) World War II
D) Korean War
  • 5. What is the name of the private school that Holden Caulfield attends in 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
A) Deerfield School
B) Exeter Academy
C) Salinger High
D) Pencey Prep
  • 6. What was J.D. Salinger's first published work?
A) Franny and Zooey
B) Nine Stories
C) The Catcher in the Rye
D) The Young Folks
  • 7. Which fictional character is the protagonist in 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
A) Seymour Glass
B) Zooey Glass
C) Franny Glass
D) Holden Caulfield
  • 8. Where did Salinger live in seclusion for the last years of his life?
A) Big Sur, California
B) Key West, Florida
C) Cornish, New Hampshire
D) Taos, New Mexico
  • 9. What is the title of Salinger's uncollected creepily autobiographical stories narrated by 'Buddy Glass'?
A) For Esme with Love and Squalor
B) Hapworth 16, 1924
C) Franny and Zooey
D) Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
  • 10. What was the title of Salinger's second and last published novel?
A) Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
B) Franny and Zooey
C) Nine Stories
D) The Catcher in the Rye
  • 11. In which magazine did Salinger originally publish 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish'?
A) Harper's
B) The New Yorker
C) Atlantic Monthly
D) Esquire
  • 12. In which state is most of 'The Catcher in the Rye' set?
A) Illinois
B) California
C) Texas
D) New York
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