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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. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 1, “You can always count on a murderer for” what?
(a) “A turn of matching turns.”
(b) “A fancy prose style.”
(c) “A solid alibi.”
(d) “A silent, wicked lie.”

2. What does Lolita’s report of behavior in July at the camp say in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) “Poor to fair; skilled at archery and volleyball.”
(b) “Fair to middling; poor at communication.”
(c) “Good to excellent; skilled at golf and reading.”
(d) “Fair to good; keen on swimming and boating.”

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

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

5. What is the full name of H.H. in the novel?
(a) Henry Handson.
(b) Harold Haroldson.
(c) Humbert Humbert.
(d) Howard Helgeson.

Short Answer Questions

1. The accident that killed Charlotte has only been reported in what newspaper, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 25?

2. What was Annabel’s last name, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 3?

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

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

5. What girl does Lolita say “instructed her in various manipulations” at camp in Part 1, Chapter 32?

(see the answer key)

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