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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 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?
(a) “Nymphancy.”
(b) “Story.”
(c) “Romance.”
(d) “Detail.”

2. The headmistress at the girl’s school where Lolita is enrolled in Part 2, Chapter 4 states that they “are more interested in communication than in” what?
(a) “Creativity.”
(b) “Craftsmanship.”
(c) “Culture.”
(d) “Composition.”

3. 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 Tate Act.
(b) The Robinson Act.
(c) The Doll Act.
(d) The Mann Act.

4. Where do H.H. and Lolita stay in a two-room cabin in Elphinstone in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) Diamond Lake Court.
(b) Emerald Bay Court.
(c) Silver Spur Court.
(d) Golden Spike Court.

5. Where does H.H. describe seeing a “boulder, with a plaque, in memory of the author of “Trees” in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Birch Knoll, New York.
(b) Maple Hill, Pennsylvania.
(c) Pine Point, Maine.
(d) Poplar Cove, North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much per day does Lolita’s private hospital room cost, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 22?

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

3. 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?

4. Who is H.H. told checked Lolita out of the hospital in Part 2, Chapter 22?

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. Who does H.H. believe to be following him and Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 18? For how long has he been tailed?

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