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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. The headmistress at the girl’s school where Lolita is enrolled in Part 2, Chapter 4 states that they “are more interested in communication than in” what?

2. What are the “four D’s” that are stressed at the girl’s school where Lolita begins studying in Part 2, Chapter 4?

3. In what play does Miss Pratt say that Lolita must be allowed to participate in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. Of what act does the narrator say he deplores “as lending itself to a dreadful pun, the revenge that the Gods of Semantics take against tight-zippered Philistines” in Part 2, Chapter 1?

5. Who is Bill Mead’s companion on the tennis courts in Part 2, Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Pratt advise H.H. regarding his stepdaughter’s sexual education in Part 2, Chapter 11?

2. How does H.H. describe his motivations for writing down this information in Part 2, Chapter 2? What does he describe?

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

4. Who does H.H. believe to be following him and Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 18? For how long has he been tailed?

5. What does H.H. describe about his and Lolita’s experiences at the cinema in Part 2, Chapter 3?

6. How has Lolita’s behavior toward H.H. changed in Part 2, Chapter 3? What are his principle motivations in this chapter?

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

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

9. How does H.H. effectively manipulate Lolita into secrecy regarding their sexual relationship in Part 2, Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of symbolism and imagery in Lolita. What powerful symbols are present in the scene between Lolita and H.H. while her mother is at church in Part 1, Chapter 13? What does the narrator himself remark about this symbolism?

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

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?

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