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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 13-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had H.H. first planned to take a degree in before he switched to English literature?
(a) Psychiatry.
(b) Geology.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Biology.

2. The narrator claims in Part 1, Chapter 11 that the “median age of pubescence for girls has been found to be thirteen years and nine months in New York and” what city?
(a) “Detroit.”
(b) “Chicago.”
(c) “Miami.”
(d) “San Francisco.”

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

4. Where does H.H. say Valeria moved with her lover and took part in experiments by an American ethnologist?
(a) California.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Montana.
(d) Arizona.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Annabel die from?

3. Lolita shows H.H. at picture from a magazine in Part 1, Chapter 13. In the picture, a surrealist painter is relaxing on a beach near a plaster replica of what work of art?

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

5. What does Lolita carry in her hands when H.H. encounters her on Sunday morning in Part 1, Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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