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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. In Part 1, Chapter 29, H.H. says that “by six she was wide awake” and by what time were they “technically lovers”?
(a) 8:00
(b) 7:45
(c) 7:30
(d) 6:15

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

3. 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) Yosemite Park.
(b) Crater Lake Park.
(c) Yellowstone Park.
(d) Glacier Park.

4. Where does Lolita passionately desire to see the Ceremonial Dances marking the seasonal opening of Magic Cave, in Part 2, Chapter 16?
(a) Abilene, Kansas.
(b) Independence, Missouri.
(c) Poplar Cove, North Carolina.
(d) Wace, Continental Divide.

5. The character Vivian Darkbloom described in Part 2, Chapter 18 is an anagram for whose name?
(a) Dr. Ilse Tristramson’s.
(b) John Farlow's.
(c) Charlie Holmes'.
(d) John Galsworthy’s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. H.H. tells Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 1 that if she should go to the authorities, he will be arrested but she will become the ward of whom?

3. What author of Ulysses does the narrator mention in Part 2, Chapter 18?

4. At what time does H.H. leave Coalmont in Part 2, Chapter 30?

5. How many days does H.H. say he and Charlotte cohabitated in Part 1, Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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