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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. In the final line of Part 1, Chapter 1, the narrator addresses the “ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” saying “Look at this tangle of” what?
(a) “Thorns.”
(b) “Contradiction.”
(c) “Fangs.”
(d) “Lies.”

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

3. 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) Charlie Holmes.
(b) Elizabeth Talbot.
(c) Jerome Dunn.
(d) Jean Farlow.

4. How many years her senior does Charlotte Haze say her late husband was in Part 1, Chapter 16?
(a) 9
(b) 16
(c) 20
(d) 4

5. On the Sunday when H.H., Charlotte Haze, and Lolita are to go on a picnic, what friend of Lolita’s cancels because she is sick in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(b) Eva Rosin.
(c) Elizabeth Talbot.
(d) Rosaline Honeck.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Annabel die from?

4. The narrator asserts in Part 1, Chapter 5 that “Dante fell madly in love with Beatrice when she was” how old?

5. What is the name of Charlotte Haze’s late husband and Lolita’s father in the novel?

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