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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 does H.H. describe Lolita’s weekly allowance as at “the start of the Beardsley era” in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) 72 cents.
(b) 10 cents.
(c) 50 cents.
(d) 21 cents.

2. Charlotte Haze is described by the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 10 as having “quite simple but not unattractive features of a type that may be defined as a weak solution of” whom?
(a) Marlene Dietrich.
(b) Betty Grable.
(c) Katharine Hepburn.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

3. Who telephones H.H. to tell him that Charlotte has been killed in Part 1, Chapter 22?
(a) Leslie Tomson.
(b) Shirley Holmes.
(c) Rosaline Honeck.
(d) Avis Chapson.

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

5. What couple in H.H. and Charlotte’s neighborhood has a “hysterical setter” that frequently chases cars?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Darkbloom.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Schiller.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Junk.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Fabian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Lolita’s friends is referred to by the narrator as “the school tennis champion” in Part 2, Chapter 9?

2. How many years her senior does Charlotte Haze say her late husband was in Part 1, Chapter 16?

3. With whom did Lolita have her first heterosexual experience?

4. Who is the “fadedly feminine” English professor that lives with Miss Lester, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 5?

5. What hotel does Charlotte suggests to H.H. that they go to in Part 1, Chapter 21?

(see the answer key)

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