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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. How old is Charlotte Haze described as being in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Mid-30s.
(b) Late-40s.
(c) Mid-20s.
(d) Late-20s.

2. Where does the narrator say he loved “a certain initial girl-child” prior to Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) “Behind a famous museum.”
(b) “A princedom by the sea.”
(c) “On a magical mountaintop.”
(d) “In a stagnant swamp.”

3. The narrator asserts in Part 1, Chapter 5 that “Dante fell madly in love with Beatrice when she was” how old?
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 9
(d) 7

4. In what year did H.H.’s father send him to a lycée in Lyon?
(a) 1907
(b) 1923
(c) 1914
(d) 1937

5. The narrator describes a pocket diary with what golden year inscribed in its upper left-hand corner in Part 1, Chapter 11?
(a) 1941
(b) 1938
(c) 1935
(d) 1947

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Annabel die from?

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. The camp that Charlotte Haze is sending Lolita to in Part 1, Chapter 14 is run by whom?

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

5. What had H.H. first planned to take a degree in before he switched to English literature?

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