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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 is H.H. told checked Lolita out of the hospital in Part 2, Chapter 22?
2. What is the address of the house that H.H. rents for himself and Lolita in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 4?
3. When H.H. and Lolita leave for a road trip in Part 2, Chapter 15, H.H. tells the Beardsley School that he is consulting on a film in Hollywood dealing with what?
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 location is described as the “home of the Wild Bill Something Rodeo” in Part 2, Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does H.H. characterize his neighbors in Beardsley in Part 2, Chapter 4? What relationship does he carry on with these characters?
2. How has Lolita’s behavior toward H.H. changed in Part 2, Chapter 3? What are his principle motivations in this chapter?
3. How does Vladimir Nabokov demonstrate irony in Part 2, Chapter 2?
4. What does H.H. describe about his and Lolita’s experiences at the cinema in Part 2, Chapter 3?
5. Why does H.H. regret not going to Mexico in Part 2, Chapter 3?
6. How does H.H. effectively manipulate Lolita into secrecy regarding their sexual relationship in Part 2, Chapter 1?
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. How does H.H. describe his motivations for writing down this information in Part 2, Chapter 2? What does he describe?
9. Where does Lolita claim to have been during her absence in Part 2, Chapter 19? How does H.H. respond?
10. What does H.H. remark about the poem he has written in Part 2, Chapter 25?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author’s use of literary allusion in the novel. What does the character of Annabel Leigh allude to? How does H.H.’s use of allusion help to establish his character? What authors are cited the most and why?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Popular Culture in Lolita
a. What are examples of allusions to popular culture of the 1950s in the novel? What statements do you think the author is making with each of these examples?
b. What role do movies and film play in Lolita? Why are movies so compelling to Lolita? How does H.H. feel about the movies they see?
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