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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. In what year does H.H. marry Valeria?
(a) 1935
(b) 1932
(c) 1927
(d) 1944

2. Where does H.H. go on a twenty-month expedition as a “recorder of psychic reactions”?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Canada.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Kenya.

3. The headmistress at the girl’s school where Lolita is enrolled in Part 2, Chapter 4 states that they “are more interested in communication than in” what?
(a) “Craftsmanship.”
(b) “Composition.”
(c) “Culture.”
(d) “Creativity.”

4. What name does the narrator give the “main character” in his described scenario with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) “Humbert the Horrible.”
(b) “Humbert the Hero.”
(c) “Humbert the Hummer.”
(d) “Humbert the Hasty.”

5. On the Sunday when H.H., Charlotte Haze, and Lolita are to go on a picnic, what friend of Lolita’s cancels because she is sick in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) Eva Rosin.
(b) Rosaline Honeck.
(c) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(d) Elizabeth Talbot.

Short Answer Questions

1. H.H. learns at the hotel that because of a religious convention and flower show, they were unable to hold his room past what time in Part 1, Chapter 27?

2. 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?

3. When H.H. asks Lolita’s school friend about what kind of boys Lolita knows in Part 2, Chapter 9, the girl replies that they are rivals for whose affections?

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

5. H.H. describes finding over twenty-four dollars hoarded by Lolita in a hole in the wall behind what painting in Part 2, Chapter 7?

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