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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described by the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 18 as “a rosy honey in a Girl Scout uniform, beret of green worsted, belt of green webbing, charming shoulder-long curls”?
(a) Linda Hall.
(b) Vanessa van Ness.
(c) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(d) Rosaline Honeck.

2. What is the name of Charlotte Haze’s neighbor across the street who is described as an invalid?
(a) Miss Opposite.
(b) Miss Phalen.
(c) Miss Gold.
(d) Miss Cormorant.

3. How old was Lolita’s younger brother when he died?
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 2

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

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

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

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

8. In the final line of Part 1, Chapter 1, the narrator addresses the “ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” saying “Look at this tangle of” what?
(a) “Lies.”
(b) “Fangs.”
(c) “Contradiction.”
(d) “Thorns.”

9. How many days does H.H. say he and Charlotte cohabitated in Part 1, Chapter 18?
(a) 76
(b) 21
(c) 50
(d) 15

10. Where does H.H. say Valeria moved with her lover and took part in experiments by an American ethnologist?
(a) Montana.
(b) Arizona.
(c) California.
(d) Colorado.

11. The hotel called Enchanted Hunters is located in what town, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 25?
(a) Kasbeam.
(b) Beardsley.
(c) Champion.
(d) Briceland.

12. What did Annabel die from?
(a) Lyme disease.
(b) Amebiasis.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Giardiasis.

13. Where did Annabel die?
(a) Corfu.
(b) England.
(c) Russia.
(d) Chicago.

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

15. Because the picnic is postponed, Lolita refuses to go where with her mother in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To the shoe store.
(c) To church.
(d) To the grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes a pocket diary with what golden year inscribed in its upper left-hand corner in Part 1, Chapter 11?

2. What had H.H. first planned to take a degree in before he switched to English literature?

3. The camp that Charlotte Haze is sending Lolita to in Part 1, Chapter 14 is run by whom?

4. Lolita tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 27 that when her mother discovers they slept in one room, “she’ll divorce you and” do what to Lolita?

5. What is the name of the dentist that Mrs. Haze uses that is also her neighbor in Part 1, Chapter 14?

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