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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. Among whom does the narrator claim in Part 2, Chapter 1 “sexual relations between a father and his daughter are accepted as a matter of course”?
(a) Russians.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Mexicans.
(d) Sicilians.

2. Who does Miss Pratt say thinks Lolita is “myopic and should see a good ophthalmologist” in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Miss Cormorant.
(b) Miss Molar.
(c) Miss Gold.
(d) Miss Redcock.

3. H.H. describes visiting the “starting point of the Old Oregon Trail” where in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Independence, Missouri.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Portland, Oregon.
(d) Denver, Colorado.

4. What is the name of the “brisk, briskly rouged, blue-eyed widow who ran the motor court” in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) Miss Redcock.
(b) Miss Hays.
(c) Miss Fabian.
(d) Mrs. Holigan.

5. What author of Ulysses does the narrator mention in Part 2, Chapter 18?
(a) Jerome Dunn.
(b) Charlie Holmes.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Vladimir Nabokov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the address of the house that H.H. rents for himself and Lolita in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 4?

2. Who is Bill Mead’s companion on the tennis courts in Part 2, Chapter 20?

3. What is ART described as standing for in Part 2, Chapter 2?

4. What location does the narrator describe in Part 2, Chapter 2, as somber with “its colored hot springs, baby geysers, rainbows of bubbling mud--symbols of my passion”?

5. Who examines Lolita when she catches “a bad chill” in Part 2, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Pratt suggest regarding Lolita’s performance in the drama department in Part 2, Chapter 11? How does H.H. respond?

2. How does Vladimir Nabokov demonstrate irony in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. Where do H.H. and Lolita go after leaving the Enchanted Hunters Inn in Part 2, Chapter 1? Where do they stay?

4. How does H.H. describe his motivations for writing down this information in Part 2, Chapter 2? What does he describe?

5. How does the narrator describe the conflicts and resolutions between himself and Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 2?

6. What does Lolita’s school friend write to her in Part 2, Chapter 19? What happens as H.H. reads the letter?

7. Who does H.H. believe to be following him and Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 18? For how long has he been tailed?

8. How does H.H. describe his and Lolita’s arrival in Beardsley in Part 2, Chapter 4? Why has he come here?

9. What events does H.H. describe during the period surrounding Lolita’s birthday in Part 2, Chapter 12?

10. Why does H.H. regret not going to Mexico in Part 2, Chapter 3?

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