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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. Charlotte Haze is described by the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 10 as having “quite simple but not unattractive features of a type that may be defined as a weak solution of” whom?
(a) Betty Grable.
(b) Marlene Dietrich.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) Katharine Hepburn.

2. What drink does H.H. pour for Charlotte because she “could never resist” it, after her confrontation with him in Part 1, Chapter 22?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Rum.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Vodka.

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

4. Where does H.H. find his pocket diary after Charlotte has taken it from his locked table in Part 1, Chapter 22?
(a) Under Charlotte’s pillow.
(b) On the kitchen table.
(c) On the windowsill.
(d) On the couch.

5. What does H.H. describe Lolita’s weekly allowance at the end of “the Beardsley era” in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) $3.00
(b) $1.75
(c) $2.25
(d) $1.05

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dentist that Mrs. Haze uses that is also her neighbor in Part 1, Chapter 14?

2. Of his experience with Lolita earlier in the morning, the narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 14, “I felt proud of myself. I had stolen the honey of a spasm without impairing the morals of” what?

3. In what year does H.H. marry Valeria?

4. What is the name of the maid at Charlotte Haze’s home in Part 1, Chapter 10?

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

(see the answer key)

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