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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. The narrator says of Lolita’s friend Mona in Part 2, Chapter 9 that she “was burdened with” an I.Q. of what?
(a) 62
(b) 125
(c) 89
(d) 150

2. What is the full name of H.H. in the novel?
(a) Humbert Humbert.
(b) Harold Haroldson.
(c) Henry Handson.
(d) Howard Helgeson.

3. Because the picnic is postponed, Lolita refuses to go where with her mother in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) To the grocery store.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To church.
(d) To the shoe store.

4. Why is H.H. unable to stay at the McCoos’ home in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Their house burned down.
(b) Their house has been flooded.
(c) Mr. McCoo has been arrested.
(d) H.H.'s mother forbids it.

5. 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) “Amusing.”
(b) “Sickening.”
(c) “Inspiring.”
(d) “Pathetic.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does H.H. say he and Charlotte cohabitated in Part 1, Chapter 18?

2. The man who rents H.H. his home in Part 2, Chapter 4 is a teacher of what at the local college?

3. 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?

4. 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”?

5. What is the name of the dentist that Mrs. Haze uses that is also her neighbor in Part 1, Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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