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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. Lolita tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 11 that Ginny McCoo nearly died of what?
2. What does the narrator say Lolita’s name was “on the dotted line” in Part 1, Chapter 1?
3. In describing his feelings for Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 14, the narrator says, “The elation with which the vision of new delights filled me was not horrible but” what?
4. In what year does H.H. marry Valeria?
5. The narrator asserts in Part 1, Chapter 5 that “Dante fell madly in love with Beatrice when she was” how old?
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. characterize his domestic life with Charlotte after marriage in Part 1, Chapter 18?
3. How does H.H. describe his first months in North America in Part 1, Chapter 9? Where does he live and work?
4. How does H.H. describe his parentage, birthplace, and childhood in Part 1, Chapter 2?
5. How does H.H. succeed in drugging Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 27?
6. What insinuations does Lolita make regarding her relationship with H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 27?
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 preparations does H.H. make toward furthering his agenda with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 25?
9. What information does H.H. learn from Charlotte’s letter in Part 1, Chapter 16? How does he respond to this information?
10. What does H.H. discover outside after receiving Leslie Tomson’s phone call in Part 1, Chapter 22?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author’s development of sexual tension in Part 1, Chapters 1-12. How is the sexual tension between Lolita and H.H. illustrated? Given that H.H. is a subjective narrator, how reliable do you think his depictions are of Lolita’s actions?
Essay Topic 2
Literary Allusion and Language
a. Discuss the author’s use of literary allusion in Lolita. Do you think that literature is the equivalent to H.H. as movies are to Lolita? What does this imply about their characters?
b. H.H. makes several references to the works of Edgar Allan Poe in the novel. What similarities exist between Lolita and Poe’s writing?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss pedophilia and hebephilia, as well as the different qualities, symptoms, and assessments of each. How does contemporary psychiatry explain these phenomena? How are pedophiles and hebophiles treated for their sexual obsessions with children? Is there such a thing as “recovery” from pedophilia and hebephilia?
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