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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 the narrator say Mrs. Phalli’s sister taught in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) St. Algebra.
(b) St. Edwards.
(c) St. Mark's.
(d) St. Joseph's.

2. Where does H.H. find his pocket diary after Charlotte has taken it from his locked table in Part 1, Chapter 22?
(a) On the kitchen table.
(b) Under Charlotte’s pillow.
(c) On the couch.
(d) On the windowsill.

3. Where did Annabel die?
(a) Russia.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Corfu.
(d) England.

4. What is the name of the maid at Charlotte Haze’s home in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Ann.
(b) Louise.
(c) Clare.
(d) Vivian.

5. 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?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Katharine Hepburn.
(c) Marlene Dietrich.
(d) Betty Grable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dentist that Mrs. Haze uses that is also her neighbor in Part 1, Chapter 14?

2. The accident that killed Charlotte has only been reported in what newspaper, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 25?

3. What was Annabel’s last name, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 3?

4. The camp that Charlotte Haze is sending Lolita to in Part 1, Chapter 14 is run by whom?

5. What drink does H.H. pour for Charlotte because she “could never resist” it, after her confrontation with him in Part 1, Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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