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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. 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.

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

3. Where does the narrator say he loved “a certain initial girl-child” prior to Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) “On a magical mountaintop.”
(b) “Behind a famous museum.”
(c) “A princedom by the sea.”
(d) “In a stagnant swamp.”

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

5. Why is H.H. unable to stay at the McCoos’ home in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Their house burned down.
(b) H.H.'s mother forbids it.
(c) Mr. McCoo has been arrested.
(d) Their house has been flooded.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 22, the narrator states, “Remarkable how difficult it is to conceal things--especially when one's wife keeps” what?

2. In what year does H.H. marry Valeria?

3. 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?

4. Where did Annabel die?

5. Of his experience with Lolita earlier in the morning, the narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 14, “I felt proud of myself. I had stolen the honey of a spasm without impairing the morals of” what?

(see the answer key)

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