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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. How many days does H.H. say he and Charlotte cohabitated in Part 1, Chapter 18?
(a) 15
(b) 76
(c) 21
(d) 50

2. Of Lolita, the narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 29, “Her kiss, to my delirious embarrassment, had some rather comical refinements of flutter and probe which made me conclude she had been coached at an early age by” what?
(a) “A sinful whore.”
(b) “A prostitute.”
(c) “A little Lesbian.”
(d) “An older friend.”

3. What is the address of the house that H.H. rents for himself and Lolita in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 4?
(a) 14 Thayer Street.
(b) 29 Reynolds Street.
(c) 46 Baker Street.
(d) 77 Franklin Street.

4. The narrator describes a pocket diary with what golden year inscribed in its upper left-hand corner in Part 1, Chapter 11?
(a) 1941
(b) 1938
(c) 1947
(d) 1935

5. 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?
(a) A visionary.
(b) A nymphet.
(c) A starlet.
(d) A rebel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has rented H.H. and Lolita a house in Part 2, Chapter 3?

3. Which of Lolita’s school friends is described in Part 2, Chapter 9 as “handsome in a coarse sensual way and only a year older than my aging mistress”?

4. What is the name of Mrs. Chatfield’s daughter that is going to a summer camp in Part 1, Chapter 14?

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?

(see the answer key)

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