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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. What is the name of Mrs. Chatfield’s daughter that is going to a summer camp in Part 1, Chapter 14?
(a) Fay.
(b) Phyllis.
(c) Clare.
(d) Rita.

2. H.H. learns at the hotel that because of a religious convention and flower show, they were unable to hold his room past what time in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) 6 p.m.
(c) 4 p.m.
(d) 12 p.m.

3. Where does H.H. say Valeria moved with her lover and took part in experiments by an American ethnologist?
(a) California.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Montana.
(d) Arizona.

4. On the Sunday when H.H., Charlotte Haze, and Lolita are to go on a picnic, what friend of Lolita’s cancels because she is sick in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(b) Eva Rosin.
(c) Rosaline Honeck.
(d) Elizabeth Talbot.

5. To what nearby lake does H.H. drive to daily in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Triangle Lake.
(b) Hourglass Lake.
(c) Round Lake.
(d) Crescent Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Annabel die?

2. What does Lolita carry in her hands when H.H. encounters her on Sunday morning in Part 1, Chapter 13?

3. Charlotte Haze is described by the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 10 as having “quite simple but not unattractive features of a type that may be defined as a weak solution of” whom?

4. The narrator of the novel says that he was born in what year in Part 1, Chapter 2?

5. Of his new wife Charlotte, the narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 18, “I discovered that although she could not control her heart or her cries, she was a woman of” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does H.H. respond to Charlotte’s suggestion of going to England in Part 1, Chapter 21?

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

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

4. How is H.H.’s second marriage and wedding night described in Part 1, Chapter 18?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does H.H. characterize his domestic life with Charlotte after marriage in Part 1, Chapter 18?

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