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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the Sunday when H.H., Charlotte Haze, and Lolita are to go on a picnic, what friend of Lolita’s cancels because she is sick in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) Eva Rosin.
(b) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(c) Elizabeth Talbot.
(d) Rosaline Honeck.

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

3. What had H.H. first planned to take a degree in before he switched to English literature?
(a) Biology.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Geology.
(d) Psychiatry.

4. Charlotte Haze is described by the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 10 as having “quite simple but not unattractive features of a type that may be defined as a weak solution of” whom?
(a) Katharine Hepburn.
(b) Marlene Dietrich.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) Betty Grable.

5. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 25, “Oh, Lolita, you are my girl, as” who “was Poe’s”?
(a) “Vee.”
(b) “Annabel Lee.”
(c) “Charlotte.”
(d) “Venus.”

6. What does H.H. tell Lolita the blue pills are that he pretends to take in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) Vitamin A.
(b) Vitamin D.
(c) Vitamin K.
(d) Vitamin X.

7. Where does H.H. hear that the McCoos have a room to rent in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Independent.
(b) Briceland.
(c) Kasbeam.
(d) Ramsdale.

8. What couple in H.H. and Charlotte’s neighborhood has a “hysterical setter” that frequently chases cars?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Darkbloom.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Fabian.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Schiller.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Junk.

9. What is the name of the dentist that Mrs. Haze uses that is also her neighbor in Part 1, Chapter 14?
(a) Dr. Blue.
(b) Dr. Quilty.
(c) Dr. Byron.
(d) Dr. Tristramson.

10. 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) “Principle.”
(b) “Beauty.”
(c) “Strength.”
(d) “Reservation.”

11. With whom did Lolita have her first heterosexual experience?
(a) John Galsworthy.
(b) Gustove Trapp.
(c) Charlie Holmes.
(d) John Farlow.

12. Where does H.H. find his pocket diary after Charlotte has taken it from his locked table in Part 1, Chapter 22?
(a) Under Charlotte’s pillow.
(b) On the windowsill.
(c) On the couch.
(d) On the kitchen table.

13. How many years her senior does Charlotte Haze say her late husband was in Part 1, Chapter 16?
(a) 4
(b) 9
(c) 20
(d) 16

14. Lolita tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 11 that Ginny McCoo nearly died of what?
(a) Filariasis.
(b) Polio.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Leishmaniasis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes down to the lake to paint as H.H. and Charlotte are laying in the “private beach” area in Part 1, Chapter 20?

2. Because the picnic is postponed, Lolita refuses to go where with her mother in Part 1, Chapter 13?

3. What was the maiden name of Annabel’s mother?

4. The narrator asserts in Part 1, Chapter 5 that “Dante fell madly in love with Beatrice when she was” how old?

5. The narrator claims in Part 1, Chapter 11 that the “median age of pubescence for girls has been found to be thirteen years and nine months in New York and” what city?

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