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

2. In describing his feelings for Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 14, the narrator says, “The elation with which the vision of new delights filled me was not horrible but” what?
(a) “Pathetic.”
(b) “Sickening.”
(c) “Inspiring.”
(d) “Amusing.”

3. How does H.H. remove a speck from Lolita’s eye in Part 1, Chapter 11?
(a) He pinches it with his fingers.
(b) With a piece of tape.
(c) He blows on it.
(d) He licks it out.

4. What was the maiden name of Annabel’s mother?
(a) Vanessa van Ness.
(b) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(c) Mona Dahl.
(d) Ann Lore.

5. Of his experience with Lolita earlier in the morning, the narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 14, “I felt proud of myself. I had stolen the honey of a spasm without impairing the morals of” what?
(a) “A child.”
(b) “A minor.”
(c) “A virgin.”
(d) “An innocent.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Lolita’s name was “on the dotted line” in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. In the final line of Part 1, Chapter 1, the narrator addresses the “ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” saying “Look at this tangle of” what?

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

4. On the Sunday when H.H., Charlotte Haze, and Lolita are to go on a picnic, what friend of Lolita’s cancels because she is sick in Part 1, Chapter 13?

5. Where does H.H. say Valeria moved with her lover and took part in experiments by an American ethnologist?

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