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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 18-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In describing his feelings for Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 14, the narrator says, “The elation with which the vision of new delights filled me was not horrible but” what?
(a) “Sickening.”
(b) “Inspiring.”
(c) “Pathetic.”
(d) “Amusing.”

2. How many years her senior does Charlotte Haze say her late husband was in Part 1, Chapter 16?
(a) 16
(b) 20
(c) 9
(d) 4

3. H.H. says of Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 15 that she would be thirteen on what date?
(a) May 13.
(b) March 22.
(c) August 8.
(d) January 1.

4. What is the name of Charlotte Haze’s neighbor across the street who is described as an invalid?
(a) Miss Cormorant.
(b) Miss Gold.
(c) Miss Opposite.
(d) Miss Phalen.

5. Of his experience with Lolita earlier in the morning, the narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 14, “I felt proud of myself. I had stolen the honey of a spasm without impairing the morals of” what?
(a) “A child.”
(b) “A virgin.”
(c) “An innocent.”
(d) “A minor.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What “ghost town in New Mexico, where bad man Russian Bill was colorfully hanged seventy years ago” does H.H. describe visiting with Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 2?

2. H.H. describes inspecting “a collection of European hotel picture post cards in a museum devoted to hobbies” at a resort where, in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. With whom had Lolita spent a rainy summer in a dilapidated Appalachian farmhouse, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 1?

4. Charlotte Haze says of her daughter in Part 1, Chapter 15 that she sees her as “a sturdy, healthy, but decidedly homely kid,” whereas Lolita sees herself as what?

5. How many times does H.H. say he visited Lolita at the hospital in Part 2, Chapter 22?

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