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