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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. H.H. says he and Lolita were “somewhere between Snow and” what town when they got a flat in Part 2, Chapter 19?
2. What location is described as the “home of the Wild Bill Something Rodeo” in Part 2, Chapter 2?
3. Which of Lolita’s school friends is described in Part 2, Chapter 9 as “a plump lateral child with hairy legs”?
4. 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”?
5. How many hotels, motels and tourist homes does H.H. say he stayed in as he tracked Lolita and her kidnapper in Part 2, Chapter 23?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does H.H. go about finding Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 23? How successful is he in tracking her down?
2. How has Lolita’s behavior toward H.H. changed in Part 2, Chapter 3? What are his principle motivations in this chapter?
3. What does Miss Pratt advise H.H. regarding his stepdaughter’s sexual education in Part 2, Chapter 11?
4. What does H.H. remark about the poem he has written in Part 2, Chapter 25?
5. How does Vladimir Nabokov demonstrate irony in Part 2, Chapter 2?
6. How does H.H. effectively manipulate Lolita into secrecy regarding their sexual relationship in Part 2, Chapter 1?
7. What mysterious incident takes place involving a phone call to H.H. in Part 2, Chapter 21?
8. How does H.H. go about finding the missing Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 19?
9. What does H.H. surmise about the play that Lolita is performing in, in Part 2, Chapter 13?
10. How does the narrator describe the conflicts and resolutions between himself and Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the character of Lolita, or Dolores Haze, in the novel. How old is Lolita when H.H. meets her? What characteristics does she exhibit? What about the character draws H.H. in?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the publication history of Lolita, controversies after its publication, the banning of the novel, and the criticism, biography, and works of author Vladimir Nabokov. Where did Nabokov choose to first have Lolita published? Why? How did critics respond to the controversial subject matter of the novel?
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