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

2. To what nearby lake does H.H. drive to daily in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Round Lake.
(b) Hourglass Lake.
(c) Triangle Lake.
(d) Crescent Lake.

3. Where does H.H. say Valeria moved with her lover and took part in experiments by an American ethnologist?
(a) Colorado.
(b) California.
(c) Montana.
(d) Arizona.

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

5. What does Lolita carry in her hands when H.H. encounters her on Sunday morning in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) An orange.
(b) A banana.
(c) An apple.
(d) A coconut.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 1, “You can always count on a murderer for” what?

2. The camp that Charlotte Haze is sending Lolita to in Part 1, Chapter 14 is run by whom?

3. In what year did H.H.’s father send him to a lycée in Lyon?

4. 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?

5. What had H.H. first planned to take a degree in before he switched to English literature?

(see the answer key)

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