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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does H.H. describe Lolita’s weight as being when he is purchasing new clothes for her in Part 1, Chapter 25?
(a) 71 pounds.
(b) 55 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) 78 pounds.

2. Where does the narrator say Mrs. Phalli’s sister taught in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) St. Mark's.
(b) St. Algebra.
(c) St. Edwards.
(d) St. Joseph's.

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

4. 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) Jean Farlow.
(d) Jerome Dunn.

5. 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 Phalen.
(d) Miss Cormorant.

6. H.H. hears that Mr. and Mrs. McCoo have a daughter how old in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 16
(d) 7

7. In what year did H.H.’s father send him to a lycée in Lyon?
(a) 1923
(b) 1907
(c) 1914
(d) 1937

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

9. How old does H.H. refer to “his daughter” at the hotel in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) 15
(b) 8
(c) 13
(d) 10

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

11. 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?
(a) “A prostitute.”
(b) “A little Lesbian.”
(c) “A sinful whore.”
(d) “An older friend.”

12. 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) 6:15
(c) 7:30
(d) 8:00

13. 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?
(a) “Miami.”
(b) “San Francisco.”
(c) “Detroit.”
(d) “Chicago.”

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What kind of art does Valeria produce?

3. 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?

4. Where did Annabel die?

5. What is the name of the camp that Charlotte Haze is sending Lolita to in Part 1, Chapter 15?

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