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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charlotte tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 18 that if he “did not believe in Our Christian God, she would” do what?
(a) “Divorce him.”
(b) “Pray for him.”
(c) “Tell the preacher.”
(d) “Commit suicide.”

2. What does the narrator say Lolita’s name was “on the dotted line” in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Jean.
(b) Delores.
(c) Sybil.
(d) Charlotte.

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

4. Of his wife Charlotte, H.H. says in Part 1, Chapter 18, “the only couple with whom she had relations of real cordiality, devoid of any arriõre-pensèe or practical foresight, were” with what couple that had just returned from Chile?
(a) The Farlows.
(b) The Hamiltons.
(c) The Galsworthys.
(d) The Chapmans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of the novel, Valeria later dies during childbirth in what year?

2. What couple in H.H. and Charlotte’s neighborhood has a “hysterical setter” that frequently chases cars?

3. 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?

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

5. Who is described by the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 18 as “a rosy honey in a Girl Scout uniform, beret of green worsted, belt of green webbing, charming shoulder-long curls”?

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