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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) 6
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 4

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

3. H.H. tells Lolita that her mother is in a hospital near what town in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) Lepingville.
(b) Beardsley.
(c) Briceland.
(d) Elphinstone.

4. Charlotte tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 18 that if he “did not believe in Our Christian God, she would” do what?
(a) “Tell the preacher.”
(b) “Pray for him.”
(c) “Divorce him.”
(d) “Commit suicide.”

5. Where does the narrator say he loved “a certain initial girl-child” prior to Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) “Behind a famous museum.”
(b) “In a stagnant swamp.”
(c) “On a magical mountaintop.”
(d) “A princedom by the sea.”

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

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

8. What name does the narrator give the “main character” in his described scenario with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) “Humbert the Hero.”
(b) “Humbert the Horrible.”
(c) “Humbert the Hummer.”
(d) “Humbert the Hasty.”

9. How old was H.H. when his mother died?
(a) 8
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 11

10. 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) Strangle her.
(b) Scream at her.
(c) Disown her.
(d) Slap her.

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

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

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

14. In what year does Lolita turn 12 in Part 1, Chapter 19?
(a) 1954
(b) 1952
(c) 1943
(d) 1947

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) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(b) Eva Rosin.
(c) Elizabeth Talbot.
(d) Rosaline Honeck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of his experience with Lolita earlier in the morning, the narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 14, “I felt proud of myself. I had stolen the honey of a spasm without impairing the morals of” what?

2. Where does Mrs. Haze live in Part 1, Chapter 10?

3. The hotel called Enchanted Hunters is located in what town, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 25?

4. In what year did H.H.’s father send him to a lycée in Lyon?

5. What is the name of Charlotte Haze’s neighbor across the street who is described as an invalid?

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