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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 18-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 29, H.H. says that “by six she was wide awake” and by what time were they “technically lovers”?
(a) 6:15
(b) 7:45
(c) 7:30
(d) 8:00

2. With whom is Lolita allowed to take piano lessons in Part 2, Chapter 14?
(a) Miss Gold.
(b) Miss Phalen.
(c) Miss Emperor.
(d) Miss Cormorant.

3. Which of Lolita’s school friends is described in Part 2, Chapter 9 as “a plump lateral child with hairy legs”?
(a) Avis Chapman.
(b) Eva Rosen.
(c) Mona Dahl.
(d) Shirley Holmes.

4. 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) Vodka.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Rum.

5. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 25, “Oh, Lolita, you are my girl, as” who “was Poe’s”?
(a) “Vee.”
(b) “Annabel Lee.”
(c) “Venus.”
(d) “Charlotte.”

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. H.H. describes visiting the “starting point of the Old Oregon Trail” where in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. Of what act does the narrator say he deplores “as lending itself to a dreadful pun, the revenge that the Gods of Semantics take against tight-zippered Philistines” in Part 2, Chapter 1?

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

5. What was Annabel’s last name, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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