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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Charlotte “mapped out” for Lolita to attend college in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Beardsley College.
(b) Kasbeam College.
(c) Briceland College.
(d) Abilene College.

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

3. H.H. says it was June of what year when a “stray canary had fluttered into [Annabel’s] house and mine, in two widely separated countries” in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) 1931
(b) 1924
(c) 1919
(d) 1912

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

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

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

7. How does H.H. remove a speck from Lolita’s eye in Part 1, Chapter 11?
(a) He pinches it with his fingers.
(b) With a piece of tape.
(c) He licks it out.
(d) He blows on it.

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

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

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

11. 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?
(a) Elizabeth Talbot.
(b) Charlie Holmes.
(c) Jerome Dunn.
(d) Jean Farlow.

12. H.H. says of Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 15 that she would be thirteen on what date?
(a) May 13.
(b) March 22.
(c) January 1.
(d) August 8.

13. 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) “Venus.”
(d) “Charlotte.”

14. 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?
(a) “Amusing.”
(b) “Pathetic.”
(c) “Inspiring.”
(d) “Sickening.”

15. 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) Elizabeth Talbot.
(c) Rosaline Honeck.
(d) Mary Rose Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What couple in H.H. and Charlotte’s neighborhood has a “hysterical setter” that frequently chases cars?

2. Charlotte Haze says of her daughter in Part 1, Chapter 15 that she sees her as “a sturdy, healthy, but decidedly homely kid,” whereas Lolita sees herself as what?

3. With whom did Lolita have her first heterosexual experience?

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

5. Of Lolita, the narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 29, “Her kiss, to my delirious embarrassment, had some rather comical refinements of flutter and probe which made me conclude she had been coached at an early age by” what?

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