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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. To whom does Miss Pratt say Lolita is “defiant” in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Miss Cormorant.
(b) Miss Redcock.
(c) Miss Gold.
(d) Miss Molar.

2. Of his poem written about Lolita, H.H. says in Part 2, Chapter 25, “By psychoanalyzing this poem, I notice it is really” what?
(a) “A maniac’s masterpiece.”
(b) “A sick man’s salvation.”
(c) “A criminal’s confession.”
(d) “A Christian’s confession.”

3. Who reports that Lolita’s “tennis form is excellent to superb” in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Miss Molar.
(b) Miss Gold.
(c) Miss Redcock.
(d) Miss Cormorant.

4. Which of Lolita’s school friends is described by H.H. as “a displaced little person from France” in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(b) Linda Hall.
(c) Eva Rosen.
(d) Eva Rosen.

5. H.H. says that on his cross-country adventure with Lolita from August 1947 to August 1948, they avoided Florida because who were there in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Mark and Michelle Anderson.
(b) Lolita's grandparents.
(c) John and Jean Farlow.
(d) Michael and Andrew Smith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom is Lolita allowed to take piano lessons in Part 2, Chapter 14?

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

4. How far does H.H. say he drove to buy books for Lolita while she was hospitalized in Part 2, Chapter 22?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mysterious incident takes place involving a phone call to H.H. in Part 2, Chapter 21?

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

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 friendship with Gaston Godin in Part 2? Why is H.H. not as concerned about Gaston as he is the other neighbors?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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