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

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

3. 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) Scotch.
(c) Rum.
(d) Tequila.

4. The narrator claims in Part 1, Chapter 11 that the “median age of pubescence for girls has been found to be thirteen years and nine months in New York and” what city?
(a) “Detroit.”
(b) “San Francisco.”
(c) “Chicago.”
(d) “Miami.”

5. Lolita shows H.H. at picture from a magazine in Part 1, Chapter 13. In the picture, a surrealist painter is relaxing on a beach near a plaster replica of what work of art?
(a) Davi.
(b) The Great Sphinx.
(c) The Moai.
(d) The Venus de Milo.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Part 1, Chapter 5 that “Dante fell madly in love with Beatrice when she was” how old?

2. To what doctor does H.H. go to obtain sleeping medication in Part 1, Chapter 22?

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

4. Valeria tells H.H. that she has another man in her life who is an ex-colonel from where?

5. What couple in H.H. and Charlotte’s neighborhood has a “hysterical setter” that frequently chases cars?

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