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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes down to the lake to paint as H.H. and Charlotte are laying in the “private beach” area in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Jerome Dunn.
(b) Jean Farlow.
(c) Charlie Holmes.
(d) Elizabeth Talbot.

2. What is the name of Mrs. Chatfield’s daughter that is going to a summer camp in Part 1, Chapter 14?
(a) Phyllis.
(b) Rita.
(c) Fay.
(d) Clare.

3. Charlotte tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 18 that if he “did not believe in Our Christian God, she would” do what?
(a) “Divorce him.”
(b) “Pray for him.”
(c) “Commit suicide.”
(d) “Tell the preacher.”

4. In what year does H.H. marry Valeria?
(a) 1927
(b) 1935
(c) 1944
(d) 1932

5. 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?
(a) The Great Sphinx.
(b) Davi.
(c) The Venus de Milo.
(d) The Moai.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of the novel says that he was born in what year in Part 1, Chapter 2?

2. In what year did H.H.’s father send him to a lycée in Lyon?

3. Where does H.H. say Valeria moved with her lover and took part in experiments by an American ethnologist?

4. Where does H.H. hear that the McCoos have a room to rent in Part 1, Chapter 10?

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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