Nine Stories Quizzes

Nine Stories Quiz 1

By Damien Chazelle · Edited by Soman Chainani · Last reviewed October 30, 2008

1 What quote does Salinger use to begin Nine Stories?

"And thus is love lost, in the blink of an eye."

"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?"

"Read on, ye who dare."
2 Which of the following is NOT a story in Nine Stories?

Teddy

The Laughing Man

Down at the Dinghy

Franny
3 Which of the following titles is incorrect?

Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut

Green Mouth and Pretty My Eyes

De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period

Just Before the War with the Eskimos
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

Carlotta

Stacy

Margaret
6 Seymour fought in

World War II

the War of 1812

the Vietnam War

the Russo-Japanese War
7 Sybil _______

Glass

Smith

Carpenter

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

her lover

her mother

her sister

her brother
9 Eloise's friend and former college roommate is named

Wiggily

Ramona

Mary Jane

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

Walt

Spenser

Seymour

Tracy
11 Why does Ginnie go to Selena's?

to kiss Selena's brother

to meet Selena's mother

to get money she feels is owed to her for cab fare

to steal as much food as she can
12 At the end of "Just Before the War with the Eskimos," Ginnie pulls out what from her pocket?

a wristwatch

a knife

an apple

half a chicken sandwich
13 What is the name of Esme's brother?

William

Charles

Seymour

Teddy
14 What is the name of Teddy's sister?

Franny

Booper

Desdemona

Boo Boo
15 What is the name of the grad student who speaks to Teddy?

Bob Peet

Joseph McArdle

Jack Nicholson

Bob Nicholson
16 Who helps Teddy in the gym?

Sven

Fran

Tiresias

Carl
17 Where are Teddy and his family?

in a submarine

in the town of Hartford, CT

at a beach resort

on a boat
18 Who wants to take Franklin to see a film?

Eric

John

Joseph

Bobby
19 What film does he want to see?

Gone With the Wind

Beauty and the Beast

Casablanca

The 400 Blows
20 Who directed the film?

Jean Cocteau

Akim Tamiroff

Seymour Glass

Michael Curtiz
21 What is Boo Boo's last name by marriage?

Tannenbaum

Foster

Williams

Glass
22 What is her maiden name?

Cooper

Williams

Foster

Glass
23 What kind of mask does the Laughing Man wear?

a blue mask made out of aquamarine stones

a red poppy-petal mask

a multi-colored Venetian mask

a "Scream" mask
24 What is the Chief's real name?

Chris Turner

Seymour Glass

Mary Hudson

John Gedsudski
25 At what school is he a law student?

Columbia

Barnard

Harvard

N.Y.U.