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

2. Where has Charlotte “mapped out” for Lolita to attend college in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Kasbeam College.
(b) Abilene College.
(c) Beardsley College.
(d) Briceland College.

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

4. The narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 2 that his mother was an English girl and the daughter of what alpinist?
(a) Gustave Trapp.
(b) Charlie Holmes.
(c) Jerome Dunn.
(d) John Galsworthy.

5. H.H. says of Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 15 that she would be thirteen on what date?
(a) May 13.
(b) March 22.
(c) January 1.
(d) August 8.

Short Answer 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?

2. What was the name of H.H.’s aunt who served as a kind of governess and housekeeper to him?

3. Who telephones H.H. to tell him that Charlotte has been killed in Part 1, Chapter 22?

4. What kind of art does Valeria produce?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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