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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 3-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the “four D’s” that are stressed at the girl’s school where Lolita begins studying in Part 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Dramatics, Dance, Debating, and Dating.
(b) Dramatics, Details, Debating, and Drawing.
(c) Decisions, Dance, Dreams, and Dating.
(d) Decisions, Dreams, Details, and Drawing.

2. What is the full name of H.H. in the novel?
(a) Harold Haroldson.
(b) Howard Helgeson.
(c) Humbert Humbert.
(d) Henry Handson.

3. What is the name of the cleaning woman who H.H. “inherited with the vacuum cleaner from the previous tenants” in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. Holigan.
(b) Miss Chapman.
(c) Miss Honeck.
(d) Miss Dunn.

4. What is the name of the maid at Charlotte Haze’s home in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Louise.
(b) Ann.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Clare.

5. Where does H.H. go on a twenty-month expedition as a “recorder of psychic reactions”?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Canada.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Kenya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does H.H. describe Lolita’s weight as being when he is purchasing new clothes for her in Part 1, Chapter 25?

2. What is the name of Mrs. Chatfield’s daughter that is going to a summer camp in Part 1, Chapter 14?

3. Who is the college clergyman that also teaches Bible at Beardsley School in Part 2, Chapter 8?

4. The accident that killed Charlotte has only been reported in what newspaper, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 25?

5. What drink does H.H. pour for Charlotte because she “could never resist” it, after her confrontation with him in Part 1, Chapter 22?

(see the answer key)

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