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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 18-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does H.H. believe to be following him and Lolita in a red convertible in Part 2, Chapter 18?
(a) John Farlow.
(b) Dr. Byron.
(c) Gustave Trapp.
(d) Richard Schiller.

2. 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?
(a) “In Texas.”
(b) “In California.”
(c) “In Washington.”
(d) “In Illinois.”

3. How old was Lolita’s younger brother when he died?
(a) 7
(b) 2
(c) 6
(d) 3

4. H.H. says of Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 15 that she would be thirteen on what date?
(a) May 13.
(b) August 8.
(c) January 1.
(d) March 22.

5. With whom had Lolita spent a rainy summer in a dilapidated Appalachian farmhouse, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Miss Phalen.
(b) Miss Redcock.
(c) Miss Cormorant.
(d) Miss Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lolita shows H.H. at picture from a magazine in Part 1, Chapter 13. In the picture, a surrealist painter is relaxing on a beach near a plaster replica of what work of art?

2. What is the name of the “brisk, briskly rouged, blue-eyed widow who ran the motor court” in Part 2, Chapter 22?

3. Charlotte Haze says of her daughter in Part 1, Chapter 15 that she sees her as “a sturdy, healthy, but decidedly homely kid,” whereas Lolita sees herself as what?

4. How many times does H.H. say he visited Lolita at the hospital in Part 2, Chapter 22?

5. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 20, “By permitting Lolita to study acting I had, fond fool, suffered her to” what?

(see the answer key)

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