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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 30-36.

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) “Obscure European origin.”
(c) “Exceptional Mediterranean origin.”
(d) “Frigid Canadian origin.”

2. What kind of art does Valeria produce?
(a) Realist paintings.
(b) Art deco furniture.
(c) Classical sculpture.
(d) Cubist paintings.

3. H.H. describes finding over twenty-four dollars hoarded by Lolita in a hole in the wall behind what painting in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) Whistler's Mother.
(b) Starry Night.
(c) The Mona Lisa.
(d) Water Lillies.

4. The narrator describes Lolita as standing how tall “in one sock” in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 5'1''
(b) 4'6''
(c) 4'10''
(d) 5’3”

5. To what nearby lake does H.H. drive to daily in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Hourglass Lake.
(b) Triangle Lake.
(c) Round Lake.
(d) Crescent Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say his father owned a luxurious hotel in Part 1, Chapter 2?

2. What does H.H. say he detests “as being a primitive and putrid form, historically speaking; a form that smacks of stone-age rites and communal nonsense despite those individual injections of genius” in Part 2, Chapter 13?

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

4. H.H. hears that Mr. and Mrs. McCoo have a daughter how old in Part 1, Chapter 10?

5. After completing his memoir, H.H. decides to seal it until when in the end of the novel?

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