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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 23-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What girl does Lolita say “instructed her in various manipulations” at camp in Part 1, Chapter 32?
(a) Shirley Holmes.
(b) Elizabeth Talbot.
(c) Vanessa van Ness.
(d) Clare Quilty.

2. With whom is Lolita allowed to take piano lessons in Part 2, Chapter 14?
(a) Miss Cormorant.
(b) Miss Emperor.
(c) Miss Phalen.
(d) Miss Gold.

3. Of his poem written about Lolita, H.H. says in Part 2, Chapter 25, “By psychoanalyzing this poem, I notice it is really” what?
(a) “A Christian’s confession.”
(b) “A criminal’s confession.”
(c) “A maniac’s masterpiece.”
(d) “A sick man’s salvation.”

4. Where does H.H. describe seeing a “boulder, with a plaque, in memory of the author of “Trees” in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Maple Hill, Pennsylvania.
(b) Pine Point, Maine.
(c) Birch Knoll, New York.
(d) Poplar Cove, North Carolina.

5. Valeria tells H.H. that she has another man in her life who is an ex-colonel from where?
(a) Spain.
(b) Russia.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 2, “I dimly evoke that Magnolia Garden in a southern state which cost me four bucks and which, according to the ad in the book, you must visit for three reasons.” The first of these reasons is because what “stone-dead writer of sorts” acclaimed it as the world’s fairest garden?

2. The headmistress at the girl’s school where Lolita is enrolled in Part 2, Chapter 4 states that they “are more interested in communication than in” what?

3. What is the name of Charlotte Haze’s late husband and Lolita’s father in the novel?

4. What month is it when Miss Pratt asks H.H. to come for a talk to discuss Lolita’s progress in school in Part 2, Chapter 11?

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

(see the answer key)

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