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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Molar.
(d) Miss Redcock.

2. With whom had Lolita spent a rainy summer in a dilapidated Appalachian farmhouse, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Miss Gold.
(b) Miss Redcock.
(c) Miss Phalen.
(d) Miss Cormorant.

3. 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) Mississippi.
(b) Florida.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Indiana.

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

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

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

7. To what doctor does H.H. take Lolita when she becomes ill in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) Dr. Byron.
(b) Dr. Quilty.
(c) Dr. Blue.
(d) Dr. Tristramson.

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

9. Which of Lolita’s school friends is described by H.H. as “a displaced little person from France” in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) Linda Hall.
(b) Eva Rosen.
(c) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(d) Eva Rosen.

10. 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) Crater Lake Park.
(c) Yosemite Park.
(d) Yellowstone Park.

11. The headmistress at the girl’s school where Lolita is enrolled in Part 2, Chapter 4 states that they “are more interested in communication than in” what?
(a) “Craftsmanship.”
(b) “Composition.”
(c) “Creativity.”
(d) “Culture.”

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

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

14. What are the “four D’s” that are stressed at the girl’s school where Lolita begins studying in Part 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Dramatics, Dance, Debating, and Dating.
(b) Decisions, Dreams, Details, and Drawing.
(c) Decisions, Dance, Dreams, and Dating.
(d) Dramatics, Details, Debating, and Drawing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. H.H. tells Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 15 that she should watch her diet, telling her “The tour of your thigh, you know, should not exceed” what?

2. How much per day does Lolita’s private hospital room cost, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 22?

3. Of his poem written about Lolita, H.H. says in Part 2, Chapter 25, “By psychoanalyzing this poem, I notice it is really” what?

4. 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?

5. What is ART described as standing for in Part 2, Chapter 2?

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