1. Who is the “fadedly feminine” English professor that lives with Miss Lester, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Miss Cormorant.
(b) Miss Fabian.
(c) Miss Gold.
(d) Miss Molar.

2. Who has rented H.H. and Lolita a house in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Gustave Trapp.
(b) John Galsworthy.
(c) Gaston Grodin.
(d) John Farlow.

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) Tequila.
(b) Rum.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Scotch.

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

5. What location does the narrator describe in Part 2, Chapter 2, as somber with “its colored hot springs, baby geysers, rainbows of bubbling mud--symbols of my passion”?
(a) Yellowstone Park.
(b) Yosemite Park.
(c) Glacier Park.
(d) Crater Lake Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the full name of H.H. in the novel?

3. Where does Lolita passionately desire to see the Ceremonial Dances marking the seasonal opening of Magic Cave, in Part 2, Chapter 16?

4. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 25, “Oh, Lolita, you are my girl, as” who “was Poe’s”?

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

(see the answer key)

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