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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 does H.H. describe Lolita’s weight as being when he is purchasing new clothes for her in Part 1, Chapter 25?
(a) 55 pounds.
(b) 71 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) 78 pounds.

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

3. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 25, “Oh, Lolita, you are my girl, as” who “was Poe’s”?
(a) “Annabel Lee.”
(b) “Vee.”
(c) “Venus.”
(d) “Charlotte.”

4. The narrator describes the “Time” in his scenario with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 13 as being in what month?
(a) November.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) September.

5. 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) Eva Rosin.
(b) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(c) Elizabeth Talbot.
(d) Rosaline Honeck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of art does Valeria produce?

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

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

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

5. In Part 1, Chapter 29, H.H. says that “by six she was wide awake” and by what time were they “technically lovers”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does H.H. describe his experience with a young French prostitute in Part 1, Chapter 6?

5. What preparations does H.H. make toward furthering his agenda with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 25?

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

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

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

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

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

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