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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does H.H. go on a twenty-month expedition as a “recorder of psychic reactions”?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Canada.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Brazil.

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

4. H.H. hears that Mr. and Mrs. McCoo have a daughter how old in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) 12
(b) 7
(c) 10
(d) 16

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes Lolita as standing how tall “in one sock” in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. Where does the narrator say his father owned a luxurious hotel in Part 1, Chapter 2?

3. What is the name of the maid at Charlotte Haze’s home in Part 1, Chapter 10?

4. Valeria tells H.H. that she has another man in her life who is an ex-colonel from where?

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

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