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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. Where do H.H. and Lolita stay in a two-room cabin in Elphinstone in Part 2, Chapter 22?
2. What location does the narrator describe in Part 2, Chapter 2, as somber with “its colored hot springs, baby geysers, rainbows of bubbling mud--symbols of my passion”?
3. Who is the “fadedly feminine” English professor that lives with Miss Lester, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 5?
4. Which of Lolita’s school friends is described in Part 2, Chapter 9 as “handsome in a coarse sensual way and only a year older than my aging mistress”?
5. What town is described in Part 2, Chapter 16 as being “only thirty miles north from [Lolita’s] home town”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Vladimir Nabokov demonstrate irony in Part 2, Chapter 2?
2. What does Miss Pratt suggest regarding Lolita’s performance in the drama department in Part 2, Chapter 11? How does H.H. respond?
3. Why does H.H. regret not going to Mexico in Part 2, Chapter 3?
4. Where does Lolita claim to have been during her absence in Part 2, Chapter 19? How does H.H. respond?
5. How does H.H. describe his and Lolita’s arrival in Beardsley in Part 2, Chapter 4? Why has he come here?
6. How does H.H. characterize his neighbors in Beardsley in Part 2, Chapter 4? What relationship does he carry on with these characters?
7. Who does H.H. believe to be following him and Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 18? For how long has he been tailed?
8. What does H.H. remark about the poem he has written in Part 2, Chapter 25?
9. What does H.H. surmise about the play that Lolita is performing in, in Part 2, Chapter 13?
10. How does H.H. effectively manipulate Lolita into secrecy regarding their sexual relationship in Part 2, Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss elements of symbolism and imagery in Lolita. What powerful symbols are present in the scene between Lolita and H.H. while her mother is at church in Part 1, Chapter 13? What does the narrator himself remark about this symbolism?
Essay Topic 2
Plot Structure
a. Discuss the plot structure of Lolita. In what ways is the narrative related and what effect does this have on the reader?
b. How does Lolita compare with other novels written during this time period? Are there specific stylistic elements that can be seen in Nabokov’s writing?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss H.H.’s visit to the clothing stores in Parkington and his purchases there. Why does H.H. make these purchases? What reservations does he have interacting with the saleswomen? Why?
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