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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times does H.H. say he visited Lolita at the hospital in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) 3
(b) 15
(c) 8
(d) 11

2. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 1 that after zig-zagging across the country with Lolita from August 1947 to August 1948, they eventually petered out and settled in what college town?
(a) Beardsley.
(b) Abilene.
(c) Ramsdale.
(d) Briceland.

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?
(a) The Doll Act.
(b) The Tate Act.
(c) The Robinson Act.
(d) The Mann Act.

4. What are the “four D’s” that are stressed at the girl’s school where Lolita begins studying in Part 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Decisions, Dreams, Details, and Drawing.
(b) Dramatics, Dance, Debating, and Dating.
(c) Dramatics, Details, Debating, and Drawing.
(d) Decisions, Dance, Dreams, and Dating.

5. The narrator describes a “man having a lavish epileptic fit on the ground” where, in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Boulder Rapids State Park.
(b) Boulder Canyon State Park.
(c) Russian Gulch State Park.
(d) Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

6. 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) Surrealism.
(b) Existentialism.
(c) Post-modernism.
(d) Classicism.

7. Of his poem written about Lolita, H.H. says in Part 2, Chapter 25, “By psychoanalyzing this poem, I notice it is really” what?
(a) “A maniac’s masterpiece.”
(b) “A criminal’s confession.”
(c) “A sick man’s salvation.”
(d) “A Christian’s confession.”

8. What does H.H. describe Lolita’s weekly allowance as at “the start of the Beardsley era” in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) 72 cents.
(b) 10 cents.
(c) 50 cents.
(d) 21 cents.

9. How many clues does H.H. collect as he tracks Lolita and her kidnapper in Part 2, Chapter 23?
(a) 33
(b) 12
(c) 51
(d) 20

10. Where does H.H. describe Professor Albert Riggs living in Part 2, Chapter 24?
(a) 748 Humphrey Avenue.
(b) 290 Walter Street.
(c) 621 Lorenz Lane.
(d) 24 Pritchard Road.

11. According to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 23, he and Lolita had seldom made more than how many miles per day during their most recent journey?
(a) 50
(b) 200
(c) 325
(d) 90

12. What is ART described as standing for in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) American Refrigerator Transit.
(b) Artistic Research Theatre.
(c) Automatic Radio Transmition.
(d) Aerobic Relay Therapy.

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

14. Who is Bill Mead’s companion on the tennis courts in Part 2, Chapter 20?
(a) Leslie Tomson.
(b) Eva Rosen.
(c) Mary Rose Hamilton.
(d) Fay Page.

15. Who is the “fadedly feminine” English professor that lives with Miss Lester, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Miss Fabian.
(b) Miss Cormorant.
(c) Miss Molar.
(d) Miss Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lolita passionately desire to see the Ceremonial Dances marking the seasonal opening of Magic Cave, in Part 2, Chapter 16?

2. Who is the author of the play The Enchanted Hunters in the novel?

3. 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?

4. Where in New Orleans does the tour guide describe sidewalks that may “feature entertainment by pickaninnies who will tap-dance for pennies” in Part 2, Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of the cleaning woman who H.H. “inherited with the vacuum cleaner from the previous tenants” in Part 2, Chapter 5?

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