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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 3-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dentist that Mrs. Haze uses that is also her neighbor in Part 1, Chapter 14?
(a) Dr. Tristramson.
(b) Dr. Blue.
(c) Dr. Byron.
(d) Dr. Quilty.

2. According to the narrator of the novel, Valeria later dies during childbirth in what year?
(a) 1939
(b) 1936
(c) 1945
(d) 1942

3. Of his wife Charlotte, H.H. says in Part 1, Chapter 18, “the only couple with whom she had relations of real cordiality, devoid of any arriõre-pensèe or practical foresight, were” with what couple that had just returned from Chile?
(a) The Hamiltons.
(b) The Chapmans.
(c) The Galsworthys.
(d) The Farlows.

4. H.H. refers to himself as “a brand-new American citizen of” what origin in Part 1, Chapter 25?
(a) “Exceptional Mediterranean origin.”
(b) “Aristocratic origin.”
(c) “Frigid Canadian origin.”
(d) “Obscure European origin.”

5. H.H. hears that Mr. and Mrs. McCoo have a daughter how old in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) 12
(b) 10
(c) 7
(d) 16

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does the narrator give the “main character” in his described scenario with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 13?

2. Where does H.H. find his pocket diary after Charlotte has taken it from his locked table in Part 1, Chapter 22?

3. What is the name of the camp that Charlotte Haze is sending Lolita to in Part 1, Chapter 15?

4. What is the name of Charlotte Haze’s late husband and Lolita’s father in the novel?

5. The camp that Charlotte Haze is sending Lolita to in Part 1, Chapter 14 is run by whom?

(see the answer key)

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