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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. The narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 2 that his mother was an English girl and the daughter of what alpinist?
(a) Charlie Holmes.
(b) Jerome Dunn.
(c) John Galsworthy.
(d) Gustave Trapp.

2. Because the picnic is postponed, Lolita refuses to go where with her mother in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To the grocery store.
(c) To the shoe store.
(d) To church.

3. What was Annabel’s last name, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Holmes.
(b) Honeck.
(c) Cormorant.
(d) Leigh.

4. Where does H.H. hear that the McCoos have a room to rent in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Kasbeam.
(b) Briceland.
(c) Ramsdale.
(d) Independent.

5. What is the full name of H.H. in the novel?
(a) Humbert Humbert.
(b) Harold Haroldson.
(c) Henry Handson.
(d) Howard Helgeson.

Short Answer Questions

1. The hotel called Enchanted Hunters is located how far from Lolita’s summer camp in Part 1, Chapter 25?

2. What hotel does Charlotte suggests to H.H. that they go to in Part 1, Chapter 21?

3. What does the narrator say Lolita’s name was “on the dotted line” in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. How old is Charlotte Haze described as being in Part 1, Chapter 10?

5. What had H.H. first planned to take a degree in before he switched to English literature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does H.H. discover about his reservation when he arrives at the Enchanted Hunters Inn in Part 1, Chapter 27?

2. How does H.H.’s sexual experience with Lolita progress in Part 1, Chapter 13?

3. What solidifies H.H.’s intentions regarding Charlotte and Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 17? What action does he take?

4. How would you characterize H.H.’s motivations toward Lolita based on his observations in Part 1, Chapter 14?

5. How does H.H. describe his relationship with Annabel in Part 1, Chapters 2-4? What impact did this relationship have on the protagonist?

6. What does H.H. discover outside after receiving Leslie Tomson’s phone call in Part 1, Chapter 22?

7. What insinuations does Lolita make regarding her relationship with H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 27?

8. Why does H.H. visit his “family doctor” in Part 1, Chapter 22? What does he obtain there?

9. What leads to H.H.’s initial thoughts of murdering Charlotte in Part 1, Chapter 20?

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

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