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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. Who has rented H.H. and Lolita a house in Part 2, Chapter 3?

2. Inside of what book of Lolita’s does H.H. say he once discovered eight one-dollar notes in Part 2, Chapter 7?

3. What month is it when Miss Pratt asks H.H. to come for a talk to discuss Lolita’s progress in school in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. H.H. describes visiting the “starting point of the Old Oregon Trail” where in Part 2, Chapter 2?

5. What does H.H. buy for Lolita for her fifteenth birthday in Part 2, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does H.H. remark about the poem he has written in Part 2, Chapter 25?

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

4. What does Miss Pratt suggest regarding Lolita’s performance in the drama department in Part 2, Chapter 11? How does H.H. respond?

5. What mysterious incident takes place involving a phone call to H.H. in Part 2, Chapter 21?

6. How does H.H. go about finding the missing Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 19?

7. Where does Lolita claim to have been during her absence in Part 2, Chapter 19? How does H.H. respond?

8. When does Miss Pratt call H.H. to a meeting in Part 2, Chapter 11? What are his impressions as he enters the meeting?

9. How does H.H. go about finding Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 23? How successful is he in tracking her down?

10. How does the narrator characterize Lolita’s demeanor in Part 2, Chapter 1?

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 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 3

Discuss H.H.’s obsession with “nymphets” and the origins of his hebephilia. How does the narrator explain his beliefs about its origins through the character of Annabel Leigh? Do you think this is an adequate assessment? Why or why not? How might the death of H.H.’s mother contributed to his behavior?

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