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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Part 2, Chapter 18, “thought to myself how those fast little articles forget everything, everything, while we, old lovers, treasure every inch of their” what?
(a) “Romance.”
(b) “Detail.”
(c) “Nymphancy.”
(d) “Story.”

2. Who is the college clergyman that also teaches Bible at Beardsley School in Part 2, Chapter 8?
(a) Linda Hall
(b) Shirley Holmes.
(c) Clare Quilty.
(d) Vanessa van Ness.

3. Among whom does the narrator claim in Part 2, Chapter 1 “sexual relations between a father and his daughter are accepted as a matter of course”?
(a) Egyptians.
(b) Sicilians.
(c) Mexicans.
(d) Russians.

4. According to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 23, “thousand-mile stretch of silk-smooth road separated Kasbeam” from where?
(a) Beardsley.
(b) Elphinstone.
(c) Champion.
(d) Lepinville.

5. H.H. describes inspecting “a collection of European hotel picture post cards in a museum devoted to hobbies” at a resort where, in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Florida.

6. At what motel office does H.H. discover Lolita’s kidnapper has written his entry as “Dr. Gratiano Forbeson, Mirandola, NY” in Part 2, Chapter 23?
(a) Sequoia Lodge.
(b) Dogwood Lodge.
(c) Shooting Star Lodge.
(d) Ponderosa Lodge.

7. The narrator says of Lolita’s friend Mona in Part 2, Chapter 9 that she “was burdened with” an I.Q. of what?
(a) 125
(b) 89
(c) 150
(d) 62

8. Who does Miss Pratt say thinks Lolita is “myopic and should see a good ophthalmologist” in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Miss Molar.
(b) Miss Redcock.
(c) Miss Gold.
(d) Miss Cormorant.

9. How many times does H.H. say he visited Lolita at the hospital in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) 15
(b) 3
(c) 8
(d) 11

10. The man who rents H.H. his home in Part 2, Chapter 4 is a teacher of what at the local college?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Geography.
(c) Geometry.
(d) English.

11. H.H. says that on his cross-country adventure with Lolita from August 1947 to August 1948, they avoided Florida because who were there in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Mark and Michelle Anderson.
(b) John and Jean Farlow.
(c) Lolita's grandparents.
(d) Michael and Andrew Smith.

12. Who is the author of the play The Enchanted Hunters in the novel?
(a) Clare Quilty.
(b) Vivian Darkbloom.
(c) Mona Dahl.
(d) Harold E. Haze.

13. Which of Lolita’s school friends is described in Part 2, Chapter 9 as “handsome in a coarse sensual way and only a year older than my aging mistress”?
(a) Linda Hall.
(b) Mona Dahl.
(c) Eva Rosen.
(d) Shirley Holmes.

14. According to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 23, he and Lolita had seldom made more than how many miles per day during their most recent journey?
(a) 90
(b) 325
(c) 50
(d) 200

15. What is the address of the house that H.H. rents for himself and Lolita in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 4?
(a) 29 Reynolds Street.
(b) 77 Franklin Street.
(c) 14 Thayer Street.
(d) 46 Baker Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what act does the narrator say he deplores “as lending itself to a dreadful pun, the revenge that the Gods of Semantics take against tight-zippered Philistines” in Part 2, Chapter 1?

2. Where does H.H. describe seeing a “boulder, with a plaque, in memory of the author of “Trees” in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. What town is described in Part 2, Chapter 16 as being “only thirty miles north from [Lolita’s] home town”?

4. What woman does H.H. become involved in after Lolita’s departure in Part 2, Chapter 26?

5. Which of Lolita’s friends is referred to by the narrator as “the school tennis champion” in Part 2, Chapter 9?

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