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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 states in Part 1, Chapter 1, “You can always count on a murderer for” what?
(a) “A silent, wicked lie.”
(b) “A fancy prose style.”
(c) “A turn of matching turns.”
(d) “A solid alibi.”

2. Charlotte tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 21 that they are going where in the fall?
(a) England.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Poland.
(d) Portugal.

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) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(b) Rosaline Honeck.
(c) Vanessa van Ness.
(d) Linda Hall.

4. 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?
(a) “Watch over everything.”
(b) “Cleaning every corner of the house.”
(c) “Denying herself sleep.”
(d) “Monkeying with the furniture.”

5. Charlotte tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 18 that if he “did not believe in Our Christian God, she would” do what?
(a) “Commit suicide.”
(b) “Tell the preacher.”
(c) “Pray for him.”
(d) “Divorce him.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Lolita turn 12 in Part 1, Chapter 19?

2. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 25, “Oh, Lolita, you are my girl, as” who “was Poe’s”?

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

4. In what year did H.H.’s father send him to a lycée in Lyon?

5. H.H. tells Lolita that her mother is in a hospital near what town in Part 1, Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does H.H. describe his parentage, birthplace, and childhood in Part 1, Chapter 2?

4. How does H.H. describe his young adulthood in Part 1, Chapter 5? How does he define “nymphets” in this chapter?

5. What does H.H. relate of his first wife’s later whereabouts and death in Part 1, Chapter 8?

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

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

8. How does H.H. describe his first months in North America in Part 1, Chapter 9? Where does he live and work?

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

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

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