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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the final line of Part 1, Chapter 1, the narrator addresses the “ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” saying “Look at this tangle of” what?
(a) “Lies.”
(b) “Contradiction.”
(c) “Fangs.”
(d) “Thorns.”

2. How many years her senior does Charlotte Haze say her late husband was in Part 1, Chapter 16?
(a) 20
(b) 4
(c) 9
(d) 16

3. Lolita tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 11 that Ginny McCoo nearly died of what?
(a) Polio.
(b) Leishmaniasis.
(c) Filariasis.
(d) Cholera.

4. What drink does H.H. pour for Charlotte because she “could never resist” it, after her confrontation with him in Part 1, Chapter 22?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Rum.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Tequila.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does H.H. remove a speck from Lolita’s eye in Part 1, Chapter 11?

3. What does the narrator say Lolita’s name was “on the dotted line” in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. According to the narrator of the novel, Valeria later dies during childbirth in what year?

5. Where does H.H. go on a twenty-month expedition as a “recorder of psychic reactions”?

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