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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The hotel called Enchanted Hunters is located how far from Lolita’s summer camp in Part 1, Chapter 25?
(a) A 4-hour drive.
(b) A 5-hour drive.
(c) A 7-hour drive.
(d) A 1-hour drive.

2. Where does H.H. go on a twenty-month expedition as a “recorder of psychic reactions”?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Canada.

3. 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) Elizabeth Talbot.
(b) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(c) Eva Rosin.
(d) Rosaline Honeck.

4. The narrator describes a pocket diary with what golden year inscribed in its upper left-hand corner in Part 1, Chapter 11?
(a) 1935
(b) 1947
(c) 1941
(d) 1938

5. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 31, “The stipulation of the Roman law, according to which a girl may marry at twelve, was adopted by” what?
(a) “The local voters.”
(b) “The State government.
(c) “The Church.”
(d) “The Federal government.”

6. What is the name of the camp that Charlotte Haze is sending Lolita to in Part 1, Chapter 15?
(a) Camp A.
(b) Camp Q.
(c) Camp J.
(d) Camp Q.

7. Why is H.H. unable to stay at the McCoos’ home in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Their house has been flooded.
(b) Their house burned down.
(c) Mr. McCoo has been arrested.
(d) H.H.'s mother forbids it.

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

9. To what doctor does H.H. go to obtain sleeping medication in Part 1, Chapter 22?
(a) Dr. Blue.
(b) Dr. Byron.
(c) Dr. Quilty.
(d) Dr. Tristramson.

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

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

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

13. Lolita shows H.H. at picture from a magazine in Part 1, Chapter 13. In the picture, a surrealist painter is relaxing on a beach near a plaster replica of what work of art?
(a) The Venus de Milo.
(b) The Great Sphinx.
(c) The Moai.
(d) Davi.

14. H.H. tells Lolita that her mother is in a hospital near what town in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) Briceland.
(b) Lepingville.
(c) Beardsley.
(d) Elphinstone.

15. Where does the narrator say his father owned a luxurious hotel in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) The Riviera.
(b) Beardsley.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Ramsdale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Annabel die?

2. What does H.H. describe Lolita’s weight as being when he is purchasing new clothes for her in Part 1, Chapter 25?

3. Valeria tells H.H. that she has another man in her life who is an ex-colonel from where?

4. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 1, “You can always count on a murderer for” what?

5. In describing his feelings for Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 14, the narrator says, “The elation with which the vision of new delights filled me was not horrible but” what?

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