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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 11-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 2 that his mother was an English girl and the daughter of what alpinist?
(a) Gustave Trapp.
(b) Jerome Dunn.
(c) John Galsworthy.
(d) Charlie Holmes.

2. H.H. learns at the hotel that because of a religious convention and flower show, they were unable to hold his room past what time in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) 4 p.m.
(c) 12 p.m.
(d) 6 p.m.

3. In describing his feelings for Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 14, the narrator says, “The elation with which the vision of new delights filled me was not horrible but” what?
(a) “Sickening.”
(b) “Pathetic.”
(c) “Amusing.”
(d) “Inspiring.”

4. Because the picnic is postponed, Lolita refuses to go where with her mother in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) To the grocery store.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To church.
(d) To the shoe store.

5. When H.H. and Lolita leave for a road trip in Part 2, Chapter 15, H.H. tells the Beardsley School that he is consulting on a film in Hollywood dealing with what?
(a) Classicism.
(b) Post-modernism.
(c) Existentialism.
(d) Surrealism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lolita’s report of behavior in July at the camp say in Part 1, Chapter 27?

2. Where has Charlotte “mapped out” for Lolita to attend college in Part 1, Chapter 20?

3. Who does Miss Pratt say thinks Lolita is “myopic and should see a good ophthalmologist” in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. Who has rented H.H. and Lolita a house in Part 2, Chapter 3?

5. H.H. describes going with Lolita to see “granite obelisk commemorating the Battle of” what, in Part 2, Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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