Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the camp that Charlotte Haze is sending Lolita to in Part 1, Chapter 15?
2. To what doctor does H.H. go to obtain sleeping medication in Part 1, Chapter 22?
3. Where did Annabel die?
4. To what nearby lake does H.H. drive to daily in Part 1, Chapter 20?
5. The narrator claims in Part 1, Chapter 11 that the “median age of pubescence for girls has been found to be thirteen years and nine months in New York and” what city?
Short Essay Questions
1. What solidifies H.H.’s intentions regarding Charlotte and Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 17? What action does he take?
2. What preparations does H.H. make toward furthering his agenda with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 25?
3. What insinuations does Lolita make regarding her relationship with H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 27?
4. What does H.H. discover about his reservation when he arrives at the Enchanted Hunters Inn in Part 1, Chapter 27?
5. How does H.H.’s sexual experience with Lolita progress in Part 1, Chapter 13?
6. How does H.H. describe his dinner with Charlotte Haze in Part 1, Chapter 14?
7. How does H.H. describe his parentage, birthplace, and childhood in Part 1, Chapter 2?
8. What does H.H. discover outside after receiving Leslie Tomson’s phone call in Part 1, Chapter 22?
9. Why does H.H. visit his “family doctor” in Part 1, Chapter 22? What does he obtain there?
10. How does H.H. describe his experience with a young French prostitute in Part 1, Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe and analyze the death of Charlotte Haze in the novel. How does Charlotte die? What elements of foreshadowing has the author used to indicate this event? What shifts does the narrative take during the moments before Charlotte’s death? How do these transitions serve to develop tension?
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?
|
This section contains 938 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
