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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 couple in H.H. and Charlotte’s neighborhood has a “hysterical setter” that frequently chases cars?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Junk.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Schiller.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Fabian.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Darkbloom.

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

3. Who comes down to the lake to paint as H.H. and Charlotte are laying in the “private beach” area in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Elizabeth Talbot.
(b) Jean Farlow.
(c) Jerome Dunn.
(d) Charlie Holmes.

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

5. How old was H.H. when his mother died?
(a) 11
(b) 3
(c) 8
(d) 5

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. The narrator of the novel says that he was born in what year in Part 1, Chapter 2?

5. H.H. says of Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 15 that she would be thirteen on what date?

(see the answer key)

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