1. Who comes down to the lake to paint as H.H. and Charlotte are laying in the “private beach” area in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Jean Farlow.
(b) Charlie Holmes.
(c) Jerome Dunn.
(d) Elizabeth Talbot.

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

3. What did Annabel die from?
(a) Lyme disease.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Amebiasis.
(d) Giardiasis.

4. Valeria tells H.H. that she has another man in her life who is an ex-colonel from where?
(a) Italy.
(b) Russia.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charlotte Haze is described by the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 10 as having “quite simple but not unattractive features of a type that may be defined as a weak solution of” whom?

2. How old was Lolita’s younger brother when he died?

3. How old was H.H. when his mother died?

4. In what year does H.H. marry Valeria?

5. Why is H.H. unable to stay at the McCoos’ home in Part 1, Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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