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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. Who is described by the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 18 as “a rosy honey in a Girl Scout uniform, beret of green worsted, belt of green webbing, charming shoulder-long curls”?
(a) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(b) Rosaline Honeck.
(c) Vanessa van Ness.
(d) Linda Hall.

2. What kind of art does Valeria produce?
(a) Realist paintings.
(b) Cubist paintings.
(c) Classical sculpture.
(d) Art deco furniture.

3. Of his new wife Charlotte, the narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 18, “I discovered that although she could not control her heart or her cries, she was a woman of” what?
(a) “Beauty.”
(b) “Principle.”
(c) “Strength.”
(d) “Reservation.”

4. 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?
(a) A rebel.
(b) A nymphet.
(c) A visionary.
(d) A starlet.

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) “Pathetic.”
(d) “Inspiring.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Because the picnic is postponed, Lolita refuses to go where with her mother in Part 1, Chapter 13?

2. H.H. hears that Mr. and Mrs. McCoo have a daughter how old in Part 1, Chapter 10?

3. Lolita tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 11 that Ginny McCoo nearly died of what?

4. What was the maiden name of Annabel’s mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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