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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Annabel’s last name, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Honeck.
(b) Cormorant.
(c) Holmes.
(d) Leigh.

5. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 22, the narrator states, “Remarkable how difficult it is to conceal things--especially when one's wife keeps” what?
(a) “Monkeying with the furniture.”
(b) “Denying herself sleep.”
(c) “Cleaning every corner of the house.”
(d) “Watch over everything.”

6. What girl does Lolita say “instructed her in various manipulations” at camp in Part 1, Chapter 32?
(a) Elizabeth Talbot.
(b) Shirley Holmes.
(c) Clare Quilty.
(d) Vanessa van Ness.

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

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

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

10. What does Lolita’s report of behavior in July at the camp say in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) “Fair to good; keen on swimming and boating.”
(b) “Poor to fair; skilled at archery and volleyball.”
(c) “Fair to middling; poor at communication.”
(d) “Good to excellent; skilled at golf and reading.”

11. What does Lolita carry in her hands when H.H. encounters her on Sunday morning in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) An orange.
(b) An apple.
(c) A coconut.
(d) A banana.

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

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

14. 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) 1919
(b) 1924
(c) 1912
(d) 1931

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charlotte tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 18 that if he “did not believe in Our Christian God, she would” do what?

2. Charlotte tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 21 that they are going where in the fall?

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

4. What name does the narrator give the “main character” in his described scenario with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 13?

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

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