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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. When H.H. asks Lolita’s school friend about what kind of boys Lolita knows in Part 2, Chapter 9, the girl replies that they are rivals for whose affections?

2. What does H.H. describe Lolita’s weekly allowance at the end of “the Beardsley era” in Part 2, Chapter 7?

3. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 1 that after zig-zagging across the country with Lolita from August 1947 to August 1948, they eventually petered out and settled in what college town?

4. How many clues does H.H. collect as he tracks Lolita and her kidnapper in Part 2, Chapter 23?

5. Of Lolita’s tennis abilities, the narrator says in Part 2, Chapter 20 that one of the pearls of her game “was a short half-volley that Ned Litam had taught her” where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does H.H. surmise about the play that Lolita is performing in, in Part 2, Chapter 13?

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

3. How does Vladimir Nabokov demonstrate irony in Part 2, Chapter 2?

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

5. How does H.H. characterize his neighbors in Beardsley in Part 2, Chapter 4? What relationship does he carry on with these characters?

6. Where do H.H. and Lolita go after leaving the Enchanted Hunters Inn in Part 2, Chapter 1? Where do they stay?

7. 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?

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

9. What does Miss Pratt inform H.H. about his stepdaughter’s performance at the Beardsley School in Part 2, Chapter 11?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Valeria in the novel. How does H.H. meet Valeria? What are his principle objectives in marrying her? How does he characterize their marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss pedophilia and hebephilia, as well as the different qualities, symptoms, and assessments of each. How does contemporary psychiatry explain these phenomena? How are pedophiles and hebophiles treated for their sexual obsessions with children? Is there such a thing as “recovery” from pedophilia and hebephilia?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the character of Charlotte Haze and the narrator’s impressions of this character in the novel. How old is Ms. Haze? How many children has she had? How long ago has her late husband died?

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