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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 30-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What location is described as the “home of the Wild Bill Something Rodeo” in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Cody, Wyoming.
(b) Billings, Montana.
(c) Durango, Colorado.
(d) Abilene, Kansas.

2. What name does the narrator give the “main character” in his described scenario with Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) “Humbert the Horrible.”
(b) “Humbert the Hero.”
(c) “Humbert the Hummer.”
(d) “Humbert the Hasty.”

3. The man who rents H.H. his home in Part 2, Chapter 4 is a teacher of what at the local college?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Geography.
(d) English.

4. What did Annabel die from?
(a) Giardiasis.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Amebiasis.
(d) Lyme disease.

5. The narrator says in Part 2, Chapter 18, “thought to myself how those fast little articles forget everything, everything, while we, old lovers, treasure every inch of their” what?
(a) “Nymphancy.”
(b) “Romance.”
(c) “Detail.”
(d) “Story.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 22, the narrator states, “Remarkable how difficult it is to conceal things--especially when one's wife keeps” what?

3. What does H.H. tell Lolita the blue pills are that he pretends to take in Part 1, Chapter 27?

4. To whom does Miss Pratt say Lolita is “impossibly rude” in Part 2, Chapter 11?

5. How many hotels, motels and tourist homes does H.H. say he stayed in as he tracked Lolita and her kidnapper in Part 2, Chapter 23?

(see the answer key)

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