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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who telephones H.H. to tell him that Charlotte has been killed in Part 1, Chapter 22?
2. How old does H.H. refer to “his daughter” at the hotel in Part 1, Chapter 27?
3. Where does the narrator say his father owned a luxurious hotel in Part 1, Chapter 2?
4. Where does the narrator say he loved “a certain initial girl-child” prior to Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 1?
5. Lolita shows H.H. at picture from a magazine in Part 1, Chapter 13. In the picture, a surrealist painter is relaxing on a beach near a plaster replica of what work of art?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does H.H.’s sexual experience with Lolita progress in Part 1, Chapter 13?
2. What does H.H. relate of his first wife’s later whereabouts and death in Part 1, Chapter 8?
3. How is H.H.’s second marriage and wedding night described in Part 1, Chapter 18?
4. Why does H.H. visit his “family doctor” in Part 1, Chapter 22? What does he obtain there?
5. How does H.H. describe his dinner with Charlotte Haze in Part 1, Chapter 14?
6. What information does H.H. learn from Charlotte’s letter in Part 1, Chapter 16? How does he respond to this information?
7. What leads to H.H.’s initial thoughts of murdering Charlotte in Part 1, Chapter 20?
8. How does H.H. characterize his domestic life with Charlotte after marriage in Part 1, Chapter 18?
9. What insinuations does Lolita make regarding her relationship with H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 27?
10. How does H.H. describe his young adulthood in Part 1, Chapter 5? How does he define “nymphets” in this chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author’s use of literary allusion in the novel. What does the character of Annabel Leigh allude to? How does H.H.’s use of allusion help to establish his character? What authors are cited the most and why?
Essay Topic 2
Define “narrative point of view” and analyze the narrative perspective of Lolita. How does the novel’s Foreword establish who the narrator of Part 1 will be? Does H.H. relate his story in the present or past tense? How reliable a narrator is Humbert Humbert?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author’s development of sexual tension in Part 1, Chapters 1-12. How is the sexual tension between Lolita and H.H. illustrated? Given that H.H. is a subjective narrator, how reliable do you think his depictions are of Lolita’s actions?
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