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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because the picnic is postponed, Lolita refuses to go where with her mother in Part 1, Chapter 13?

2. What is the name of Charlotte Haze’s neighbor across the street who is described as an invalid?

3. What is the name of the maid at Charlotte Haze’s home in Part 1, Chapter 10?

4. Charlotte tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 18 that if he “did not believe in Our Christian God, she would” do what?

5. The narrator describes Lolita as standing how tall “in one sock” in Part 1, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does H.H. describe his young adulthood in Part 1, Chapter 5? How does he define “nymphets” in this chapter?

2. How does H.H. describe the dissolution of his first marriage in Part 1, Chapter 8?

3. How does H.H. respond to Charlotte’s suggestion of going to England in Part 1, Chapter 21?

4. How does H.H.’s sexual experience with Lolita progress in Part 1, Chapter 13?

5. What does H.H. discover outside after receiving Leslie Tomson’s phone call in Part 1, Chapter 22?

6. How does H.H. describe his suppression of his lust for young girls in Part 1, Chapter 5?

7. How does H.H. describe his relationship with Annabel in Part 1, Chapters 2-4? What impact did this relationship have on the protagonist?

8. What leads to H.H.’s initial thoughts of murdering Charlotte in Part 1, Chapter 20?

9. How does H.H. succeed in drugging Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 27?

10. How would you characterize H.H.’s motivations toward Lolita based on his observations in Part 1, Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe H.H.’s first impressions of Lolita and her mother, Charlotte Haze, in Part 1. Prior to seeing Lolita, what are H.H.’s plans regarding the room rental? Why does Lolita change his mind? Whom does Lolita remind H.H. of? In what ways?

Essay Topic 2

Popular Culture in Lolita

a. What are examples of allusions to popular culture of the 1950s in the novel? What statements do you think the author is making with each of these examples?

b. What role do movies and film play in Lolita? Why are movies so compelling to Lolita? How does H.H. feel about the movies they see?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the psychiatric treatments received by H.H. during his first period in New York. Where is H.H. hospitalized? For how long? What forms of treatment does he receive? How successful is that treatment?

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