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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 says of Lolita’s friend Mona in Part 2, Chapter 9 that she “was burdened with” an I.Q. of what?
(a) 62
(b) 125
(c) 89
(d) 150

2. What does H.H. buy for Lolita for her fifteenth birthday in Part 2, Chapter 12?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A coat.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A watch.

3. 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) Sicilians.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) Russians.
(d) Egyptians.

4. Who is H.H. told checked Lolita out of the hospital in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) Uncle Vladimir.
(b) Uncle Gustave.
(c) Uncle James.
(d) Uncle Robert.

5. How far does H.H. say he drove to buy books for Lolita while she was hospitalized in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) 60 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 45 miles.
(d) 12 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom had Lolita spent a rainy summer in a dilapidated Appalachian farmhouse, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 1?

2. Where does H.H. describe seeing a “boulder, with a plaque, in memory of the author of “Trees” in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 1 that after zig-zagging across the country with Lolita from August 1947 to August 1948, they eventually petered out and settled in what college town?

4. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 2, “I dimly evoke that Magnolia Garden in a southern state which cost me four bucks and which, according to the ad in the book, you must visit for three reasons.” The first of these reasons is because what “stone-dead writer of sorts” acclaimed it as the world’s fairest garden?

5. What is the name of the “brisk, briskly rouged, blue-eyed widow who ran the motor court” in Part 2, Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Miss Pratt call H.H. to a meeting in Part 2, Chapter 11? What are his impressions as he enters the meeting?

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

3. What does Miss Pratt advise H.H. regarding his stepdaughter’s sexual education in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. What does H.H. surmise about the play that Lolita is performing in, in Part 2, Chapter 13?

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

6. What does H.H. learn from the hospital regarding Lolita’s departure and location in Part 2, Chapter 22? How does he respond?

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

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

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

10. Where does Lolita claim to have been during her absence in Part 2, Chapter 19? How does H.H. respond?

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