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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. 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?
(a) Classicism.
(b) Post-modernism.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Existentialism.

2. To what doctor does H.H. take Lolita when she becomes ill in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) Dr. Quilty.
(b) Dr. Byron.
(c) Dr. Blue.
(d) Dr. Tristramson.

3. H.H. describes finding over twenty-four dollars hoarded by Lolita in a hole in the wall behind what painting in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) Whistler's Mother.
(b) Water Lillies.
(c) Starry Night.
(d) The Mona Lisa.

4. Who is the author of the play The Enchanted Hunters in the novel?
(a) Vivian Darkbloom.
(b) Clare Quilty.
(c) Harold E. Haze.
(d) Mona Dahl.

5. How much per day does Lolita’s private hospital room cost, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) $7
(b) $34
(c) $20
(d) $13

Short Answer Questions

1. In what play does Miss Pratt say that Lolita must be allowed to participate in Part 2, Chapter 11?

2. 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”?

3. What does H.H. describe Lolita’s weekly allowance at the end of “the Beardsley era” in Part 2, Chapter 7?

4. The character Vivian Darkbloom described in Part 2, Chapter 18 is an anagram for whose name?

5. In what small town with a population of 1001 do Lolita and H.H. have breakfast in Part 2, Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does H.H. characterize his neighbors in Beardsley in Part 2, Chapter 4? What relationship does he carry on with these characters?

3. What does H.H. describe about his and Lolita’s experiences at the cinema in Part 2, Chapter 3?

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

5. What does H.H. remark about the poem he has written in Part 2, Chapter 25?

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

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

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

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. How does the narrator characterize Lolita’s demeanor in Part 2, Chapter 1?

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