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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of Lolita’s tennis abilities, the narrator says in Part 2, Chapter 20 that one of the pearls of her game “was a short half-volley that Ned Litam had taught her” where?
(a) “In Illinois.”
(b) “In Washington.”
(c) “In Texas.”
(d) “In California.”

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

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

4. H.H. describes going with Lolita to see “granite obelisk commemorating the Battle of” what, in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) “Wounded Knee.”
(b) “Goose Green.”
(c) “Bull Run.”
(d) “Blue Licks.”

5. What is the name of the cleaning woman who H.H. “inherited with the vacuum cleaner from the previous tenants” in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Miss Honeck.
(b) Miss Dunn.
(c) Miss Chapman.
(d) Mrs. Holigan.

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

7. Where does Lolita passionately desire to see the Ceremonial Dances marking the seasonal opening of Magic Cave, in Part 2, Chapter 16?
(a) Independence, Missouri.
(b) Abilene, Kansas.
(c) Poplar Cove, North Carolina.
(d) Wace, Continental Divide.

8. What month is it when Miss Pratt asks H.H. to come for a talk to discuss Lolita’s progress in school in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) May.
(d) July.

9. The character Vivian Darkbloom described in Part 2, Chapter 18 is an anagram for whose name?
(a) John Galsworthy’s.
(b) John Farlow's.
(c) Dr. Ilse Tristramson’s.
(d) Charlie Holmes'.

10. H.H. describes visiting the “starting point of the Old Oregon Trail” where in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Denver, Colorado.
(d) Independence, Missouri.

11. Who reports that Lolita’s “tennis form is excellent to superb” in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Miss Gold.
(b) Miss Redcock.
(c) Miss Cormorant.
(d) Miss Molar.

12. When Lolita becomes ill in Part 2, Chapter 22, H.H. says he immediately thinks of what, “as any American parent would”?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Poliomyelitis.
(d) Tetanus.

13. 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 maniac’s masterpiece.”
(d) “A sick man’s salvation.”

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

15. What woman does H.H. become involved in after Lolita’s departure in Part 2, Chapter 26?
(a) Rita.
(b) Sybil.
(c) Linda.
(d) Rosaline.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 23, “thousand-mile stretch of silk-smooth road separated Kasbeam” from where?

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

3. What author of Ulysses does the narrator mention in Part 2, Chapter 18?

4. 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?

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

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