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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. 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) “Amusing.”
(b) “Sickening.”
(c) “Inspiring.”
(d) “Pathetic.”

2. Where did Annabel die?
(a) Corfu.
(b) England.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Russia.

3. What was Annabel’s last name, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Holmes.
(b) Honeck.
(c) Leigh.
(d) Cormorant.

4. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. Lolita tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 11 that Ginny McCoo nearly died of what?

5. What name does the narrator give the “main character” in his described scenario with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 13?

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