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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Part 1, Chapter 5 that “Dante fell madly in love with Beatrice when she was” how old?
(a) 7
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 9

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

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

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

5. 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) 1924
(b) 1931
(c) 1912
(d) 1919

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

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

8. H.H. learns at the hotel that because of a religious convention and flower show, they were unable to hold his room past what time in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) 12 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 4 p.m.

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

10. 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 Moai.
(b) The Great Sphinx.
(c) The Venus de Milo.
(d) Davi.

11. 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) “San Francisco.”
(b) “Miami.”
(c) “Chicago.”
(d) “Detroit.”

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

13. Where does Mrs. Haze live in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) 872 Maple Boulevard.
(b) 342 Lawn Street.
(c) 173 Manzanita Way.
(d) 475 Oak Lane.

14. 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?
(a) Slap her.
(b) Disown her.
(c) Strangle her.
(d) Scream at her.

15. According to the narrator of the novel, Valeria later dies during childbirth in what year?
(a) 1939
(b) 1936
(c) 1945
(d) 1942

Short Answer Questions

1. To what doctor does H.H. go to obtain sleeping medication in Part 1, Chapter 22?

2. Where does H.H. go on a twenty-month expedition as a “recorder of psychic reactions”?

3. Where does H.H. find his pocket diary after Charlotte has taken it from his locked table in Part 1, Chapter 22?

4. What is the name of the maid at Charlotte Haze’s home in Part 1, Chapter 10?

5. 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?

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