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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. How many clues does H.H. collect as he tracks Lolita and her kidnapper in Part 2, Chapter 23?
2. What woman does H.H. become involved in after Lolita’s departure in Part 2, Chapter 26?
3. What location is described as the “home of the Wild Bill Something Rodeo” in Part 2, Chapter 2?
4. What “ghost town in New Mexico, where bad man Russian Bill was colorfully hanged seventy years ago” does H.H. describe visiting with Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 2?
5. With whom had Lolita spent a rainy summer in a dilapidated Appalachian farmhouse, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does H.H. meet the character named Rita in Part 2? How does he describe their relationship?
2. What mysterious incident takes place involving a phone call to H.H. in Part 2, Chapter 21?
3. How does H.H. describe his motivations for writing down this information in Part 2, Chapter 2? What does he describe?
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. How does the narrator characterize Lolita’s demeanor in Part 2, Chapter 1?
6. How does H.H. go about finding the missing Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 19?
7. What does H.H. learn from the hospital regarding Lolita’s departure and location in Part 2, Chapter 22? How does he respond?
8. How does the narrator describe the conflicts and resolutions between himself and Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 2?
9. How does H.H. describe his friendship with Gaston Godin in Part 2? Why is H.H. not as concerned about Gaston as he is the other neighbors?
10. Why does H.H. regret not going to Mexico in Part 2, Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Define “narrative point of view” and analyze the narrative perspective of Lolita. How does the novel’s Foreword establish who the narrator of Part 1 will be? Does H.H. relate his story in the present or past tense? How reliable a narrator is Humbert Humbert?
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