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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 describes Lolita as standing how tall “in one sock” in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 4'6''
(b) 5'1''
(c) 5’3”
(d) 4'10''
2. Of his wife Charlotte, H.H. says in Part 1, Chapter 18, “the only couple with whom she had relations of real cordiality, devoid of any arriõre-pensèe or practical foresight, were” with what couple that had just returned from Chile?
(a) The Galsworthys.
(b) The Chapmans.
(c) The Hamiltons.
(d) The Farlows.
3. Lolita tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 27 that when her mother discovers they slept in one room, “she’ll divorce you and” do what to Lolita?
(a) Scream at her.
(b) Strangle her.
(c) Disown her.
(d) Slap her.
4. The camp that Charlotte Haze is sending Lolita to in Part 1, Chapter 14 is run by whom?
(a) Richard Schiller.
(b) Shirley Holmes.
(c) Leslie Tompson.
(d) John Galsworthy.
5. What name does the narrator give the “main character” in his described scenario with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) “Humbert the Hummer.”
(b) “Humbert the Horrible.”
(c) “Humbert the Hero.”
(d) “Humbert the Hasty.”
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the maiden name of Annabel’s mother?
2. What is the name of Charlotte Haze’s late husband and Lolita’s father in the novel?
3. What drink does H.H. pour for Charlotte because she “could never resist” it, after her confrontation with him in Part 1, Chapter 22?
4. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 31, “The stipulation of the Roman law, according to which a girl may marry at twelve, was adopted by” what?
5. H.H. refers to himself as “a brand-new American citizen of” what origin in Part 1, Chapter 25?
Short Essay Questions
1. What leads to H.H.’s initial thoughts of murdering Charlotte in Part 1, Chapter 20?
2. How does H.H. respond to Charlotte’s suggestion of going to England in Part 1, Chapter 21?
3. How does H.H. describe his relationship with Annabel in Part 1, Chapters 2-4? What impact did this relationship have on the protagonist?
4. Why does H.H. visit his “family doctor” in Part 1, Chapter 22? What does he obtain there?
5. What does H.H. discover about his reservation when he arrives at the Enchanted Hunters Inn in Part 1, Chapter 27?
6. What preparations does H.H. make toward furthering his agenda with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 25?
7. What written work does H.H. present in Part 1, Chapter 11? What is revealed through this text?
8. How does H.H. describe his first months in North America in Part 1, Chapter 9? Where does he live and work?
9. Where does H.H. first catch sight of Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 10? What are his impressions of the girl?
10. How does H.H. describe the dissolution of his first marriage in Part 1, Chapter 8?
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