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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What location does the narrator describe in Part 2, Chapter 2, as somber with “its colored hot springs, baby geysers, rainbows of bubbling mud--symbols of my passion”?
(a) Yellowstone Park.
(b) Yosemite Park.
(c) Crater Lake Park.
(d) Glacier Park.

3. The narrator describes a “man having a lavish epileptic fit on the ground” where, in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Boulder Rapids State Park.
(b) Boulder Canyon State Park.
(c) Russian Gulch State Park.
(d) Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

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

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

6. 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) John and Jean Farlow.
(b) Lolita's grandparents.
(c) Mark and Michelle Anderson.
(d) Michael and Andrew Smith.

7. Where do H.H. and Lolita stay in a two-room cabin in Elphinstone in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) Diamond Lake Court.
(b) Emerald Bay Court.
(c) Golden Spike Court.
(d) Silver Spur Court.

8. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 1 that after zig-zagging across the country with Lolita from August 1947 to August 1948, they eventually petered out and settled in what college town?
(a) Ramsdale.
(b) Beardsley.
(c) Briceland.
(d) Abilene.

9. 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) “Story.”
(b) “Nymphancy.”
(c) “Romance.”
(d) “Detail.”

10. Who is the “fadedly feminine” English professor that lives with Miss Lester, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Miss Molar.
(b) Miss Gold.
(c) Miss Fabian.
(d) Miss Cormorant.

11. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 20, “By permitting Lolita to study acting I had, fond fool, suffered her to” what?
(a) “Develop a fondness for drama.”
(b) “Live a fantasy.”
(c) “Hide her feelings.”
(d) “Cultivate deceit.”

12. What is ART described as standing for in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Artistic Research Theatre.
(b) Aerobic Relay Therapy.
(c) Automatic Radio Transmition.
(d) American Refrigerator Transit.

13. To whom does Miss Pratt say Lolita is “impossibly rude” in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Miss Molar.
(b) Miss Gold.
(c) Miss Redcock.
(d) Miss Cormorant.

14. 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) Lepinville.
(d) Champion.

15. 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) 50
(b) 90
(c) 325
(d) 200

Short Answer Questions

1. H.H. describes visiting Little Iceberg Lake somewhere in what state in Part 2, Chapter 2?

2. What locale is described in Part 2, Chapter 16 as the “gem of a western State where [Lolita] yearned to climb Red Rock”?

3. To what doctor does H.H. take Lolita when she becomes ill in Part 2, Chapter 22?

4. Who reports that Lolita’s “tennis form is excellent to superb” in Part 2, Chapter 11?

5. When H.H. asks Lolita’s school friend about what kind of boys Lolita knows in Part 2, Chapter 9, the girl replies that they are rivals for whose affections?

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