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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. Of what act does the narrator say he deplores “as lending itself to a dreadful pun, the revenge that the Gods of Semantics take against tight-zippered Philistines” in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) The Mann Act.
(b) The Tate Act.
(c) The Robinson Act.
(d) The Doll Act.

2. When H.H. asks Lolita’s school friend about what kind of boys Lolita knows in Part 2, Chapter 9, the girl replies that they are rivals for whose affections?
(a) Reverend Riggins’.
(b) Dr. Blue's.
(c) Gaston Grodin’s.
(d) Dr. Byron's.

3. Who is Bill Mead’s companion on the tennis courts in Part 2, Chapter 20?
(a) Fay Page.
(b) Eva Rosen.
(c) Leslie Tomson.
(d) Mary Rose Hamilton.

4. According to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 23, “thousand-mile stretch of silk-smooth road separated Kasbeam” from where?
(a) Elphinstone.
(b) Champion.
(c) Lepinville.
(d) Beardsley.

5. Where does Lolita passionately desire to see the Ceremonial Dances marking the seasonal opening of Magic Cave, in Part 2, Chapter 16?
(a) Abilene, Kansas.
(b) Independence, Missouri.
(c) Wace, Continental Divide.
(d) Poplar Cove, North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the “fadedly feminine” English professor that lives with Miss Lester, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 5?

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

3. How many times does H.H. say he visited Lolita at the hospital in Part 2, Chapter 22?

4. Who reports that Lolita’s “tennis form is excellent to superb” in Part 2, Chapter 11?

5. When H.H. and Lolita leave for a road trip in Part 2, Chapter 15, H.H. tells the Beardsley School that he is consulting on a film in Hollywood dealing with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does H.H. meet the character named Rita in Part 2? How does he describe their relationship?

2. How does H.H. effectively manipulate Lolita into secrecy regarding their sexual relationship in Part 2, Chapter 1?

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

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

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. remark about the poem he has written in Part 2, Chapter 25?

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

8. What does Miss Pratt inform H.H. about his stepdaughter’s performance at the Beardsley School in Part 2, Chapter 11?

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

10. How has Lolita’s behavior toward H.H. changed in Part 2, Chapter 3? What are his principle motivations in this chapter?

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