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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 24-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. H.H. refers to himself as “a brand-new American citizen of” what origin in Part 1, Chapter 25?
(a) “Aristocratic origin.”
(b) “Exceptional Mediterranean origin.”
(c) “Obscure European origin.”
(d) “Frigid Canadian origin.”

2. H.H. says it was June of what year when a “stray canary had fluttered into [Annabel’s] house and mine, in two widely separated countries” in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) 1931
(b) 1919
(c) 1924
(d) 1912

3. What drink does H.H. pour for Charlotte because she “could never resist” it, after her confrontation with him in Part 1, Chapter 22?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Rum.

4. What name does the narrator give the “main character” in his described scenario with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) “Humbert the Hero.”
(b) “Humbert the Horrible.”
(c) “Humbert the Hummer.”
(d) “Humbert the Hasty.”

5. Of his new wife Charlotte, the narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 18, “I discovered that although she could not control her heart or her cries, she was a woman of” what?
(a) “Beauty.”
(b) “Principle.”
(c) “Reservation.”
(d) “Strength.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Lolita, the narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 29, “Her kiss, to my delirious embarrassment, had some rather comical refinements of flutter and probe which made me conclude she had been coached at an early age by” what?

2. Lolita shows H.H. at picture from a magazine in Part 1, Chapter 13. In the picture, a surrealist painter is relaxing on a beach near a plaster replica of what work of art?

3. Who telephones H.H. to tell him that Charlotte has been killed in Part 1, Chapter 22?

4. The narrator describes the “Time” in his scenario with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 13 as being in what month?

5. Where does H.H. go on a twenty-month expedition as a “recorder of psychic reactions”?

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