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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of his poem written about Lolita, H.H. says in Part 2, Chapter 25, “By psychoanalyzing this poem, I notice it is really” what?
(a) “A criminal’s confession.”
(b) “A Christian’s confession.”
(c) “A sick man’s salvation.”
(d) “A maniac’s masterpiece.”

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

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

4. Who has rented H.H. and Lolita a house in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Gaston Grodin.
(b) John Farlow.
(c) Gustave Trapp.
(d) John Galsworthy.

5. When H.H. and Lolita leave for a road trip in Part 2, Chapter 15, H.H. tells the Beardsley School that he is consulting on a film in Hollywood dealing with what?
(a) Classicism.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Post-modernism.
(d) Existentialism.

6. What is the name of the “brisk, briskly rouged, blue-eyed widow who ran the motor court” in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) Mrs. Holigan.
(b) Miss Fabian.
(c) Miss Redcock.
(d) Miss Hays.

7. Who is H.H. told checked Lolita out of the hospital in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) Uncle Robert.
(b) Uncle Vladimir.
(c) Uncle James.
(d) Uncle Gustave.

8. Who examines Lolita when she catches “a bad chill” in Part 2, Chapter 12?
(a) Dr. Quilty.
(b) Dr. Ilse Tristramson.
(c) Dr. Byron.
(d) Dr. Blue.

9. 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) Shirley Holmes.
(b) Linda Hall.
(c) Mona Dahl.
(d) Eva Rosen.

10. With whom is Lolita allowed to take piano lessons in Part 2, Chapter 14?
(a) Miss Phalen.
(b) Miss Emperor.
(c) Miss Gold.
(d) Miss Cormorant.

11. How far does H.H. say he drove to buy books for Lolita while she was hospitalized in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) 60 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 45 miles.
(d) 12 miles.

12. How tall does H.H. describe his “little concubine” in Part 2, Chapter 15?
(a) 60 inches.
(b) 64 inches.
(c) 45 inches.
(d) 54 inches.

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

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

15. 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) Glacier Park.
(b) Yellowstone Park.
(c) Crater Lake Park.
(d) Yosemite Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 20, “By permitting Lolita to study acting I had, fond fool, suffered her to” what?

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

3. What does H.H. describe Lolita’s weekly allowance as at “the start of the Beardsley era” in Part 2, Chapter 7?

4. The man who rents H.H. his home in Part 2, Chapter 4 is a teacher of what at the local college?

5. Where does H.H. describe Professor Albert Riggs living in Part 2, Chapter 24?

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