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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. In what year does H.H. marry Valeria?
(a) 1944
(b) 1932
(c) 1927
(d) 1935

2. According to the narrator of the novel, Valeria later dies during childbirth in what year?
(a) 1945
(b) 1939
(c) 1936
(d) 1942

3. What is the name of the maid at Charlotte Haze’s home in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Ann.
(b) Clare.
(c) Louise.
(d) Vivian.

4. The narrator asserts in Part 1, Chapter 5 that “Dante fell madly in love with Beatrice when she was” how old?
(a) 7
(b) 6
(c) 9
(d) 4

5. 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) “In a stagnant swamp.”
(c) “A princedom by the sea.”
(d) “Behind a famous museum.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 2 that his mother was an English girl and the daughter of what alpinist?

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

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

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

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