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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. 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) 45 miles.
(c) 12 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

2. 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) Water Lillies.
(b) The Mona Lisa.
(c) Whistler's Mother.
(d) Starry Night.

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?
(a) Beardsley.
(b) Briceland.
(c) Abilene.
(d) Ramsdale.

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

5. H.H. describes visiting Little Iceberg Lake somewhere in what state in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Colorado.
(c) California.
(d) Utah.

Short Answer Questions

1. H.H. tells Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 15 that she should watch her diet, telling her “The tour of your thigh, you know, should not exceed” what?

2. The narrator says in Part 2, Chapter 18, “thought to myself how those fast little articles forget everything, everything, while we, old lovers, treasure every inch of their” what?

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

4. 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?

5. H.H. says he and Lolita were “somewhere between Snow and” what town when they got a flat in Part 2, Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. How does H.H. go about finding the missing Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 19?

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

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

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

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

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