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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. tells Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 15 that she should watch her diet, telling her “The tour of your thigh, you know, should not exceed” what?
2. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 2, “I dimly evoke that Magnolia Garden in a southern state which cost me four bucks and which, according to the ad in the book, you must visit for three reasons.” The first of these reasons is because what “stone-dead writer of sorts” acclaimed it as the world’s fairest garden?
3. What is the name of the “brisk, briskly rouged, blue-eyed widow who ran the motor court” in Part 2, Chapter 22?
4. H.H. tells Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 1 that if she should go to the authorities, he will be arrested but she will become the ward of whom?
5. Who is the author of the play The Enchanted Hunters in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Lolita claim to have been during her absence in Part 2, Chapter 19? How does H.H. respond?
2. Where do H.H. and Lolita go after leaving the Enchanted Hunters Inn in Part 2, Chapter 1? Where do they stay?
3. What does H.H. surmise about the play that Lolita is performing in, in Part 2, Chapter 13?
4. How does the narrator describe the conflicts and resolutions between himself and Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 2?
5. What events does H.H. describe during the period surrounding Lolita’s birthday in Part 2, Chapter 12?
6. How does the narrator characterize Lolita’s demeanor in Part 2, Chapter 1?
7. How does Vladimir Nabokov demonstrate irony in Part 2, Chapter 2?
8. Who does H.H. believe to be following him and Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 18? For how long has he been tailed?
9. How does H.H. describe his and Lolita’s arrival in Beardsley in Part 2, Chapter 4? Why has he come here?
10. What does Miss Pratt suggest regarding Lolita’s performance in the drama department in Part 2, Chapter 11? How does H.H. respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Are any of H.H.'s arguments about views on sexuality in antiquity and overseas make sense? Is mid-20th century America sexually repressed or prudent? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the psychiatric treatments received by H.H. during his first period in New York. Where is H.H. hospitalized? For how long? What forms of treatment does he receive? How successful is that treatment?
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