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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does H.H. go on a twenty-month expedition as a “recorder of psychic reactions”?
(a) Canada.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Brazil.

2. H.H. tells Lolita that her mother is in a hospital near what town in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) Lepingville.
(b) Briceland.
(c) Beardsley.
(d) Elphinstone.

3. Who is described by the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 18 as “a rosy honey in a Girl Scout uniform, beret of green worsted, belt of green webbing, charming shoulder-long curls”?
(a) Vanessa van Ness.
(b) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(c) Rosaline Honeck.
(d) Linda Hall.

4. The narrator claims in Part 1, Chapter 11 that the “median age of pubescence for girls has been found to be thirteen years and nine months in New York and” what city?
(a) “Miami.”
(b) “Detroit.”
(c) “San Francisco.”
(d) “Chicago.”

5. Who comes down to the lake to paint as H.H. and Charlotte are laying in the “private beach” area in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Jerome Dunn.
(b) Charlie Holmes.
(c) Elizabeth Talbot.
(d) Jean Farlow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Part 1, Chapter 5 that “Dante fell madly in love with Beatrice when she was” how old?

2. How old does H.H. refer to “his daughter” at the hotel in Part 1, Chapter 27?

3. Lolita tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 11 that Ginny McCoo nearly died of what?

4. Charlotte tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 21 that they are going where in the fall?

5. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 22, the narrator states, “Remarkable how difficult it is to conceal things--especially when one's wife keeps” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you characterize H.H. as narrator of the story, based on his language style in Part 1, Chapters 1-6?

2. How does H.H. describe his suppression of his lust for young girls in Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. What preparations does H.H. make toward furthering his agenda with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 25?

4. Where does H.H. first catch sight of Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 10? What are his impressions of the girl?

5. How does H.H. describe the dissolution of his first marriage in Part 1, Chapter 8?

6. What are H.H.’s intentions and concerns as he leaves Ramsdale in Part 1, Chapter 24?

7. What conversation do H.H. and Lolita have regarding her mother when he arrives at camp in Part 1, Chapter 27?

8. Whom does H.H. marry in Part 1, Chapter 8? What eventually leads the protagonist to the United States?

9. What written work does H.H. present in Part 1, Chapter 11? What is revealed through this text?

10. How does H.H. succeed in drugging Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 27?

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