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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. What is the name of Mrs. Chatfield’s daughter that is going to a summer camp in Part 1, Chapter 14?

2. In the final line of Part 1, Chapter 1, the narrator addresses the “ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” saying “Look at this tangle of” what?

3. How old was Lolita’s younger brother when he died?

4. Each of the cabins at Lolita’s summer camp is describe as being dedicated to what in Part 1, Chapter 27?

5. Where does the narrator say he loved “a certain initial girl-child” prior to Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does H.H.’s sexual experience with Lolita progress in Part 1, Chapter 13?

2. How does H.H. describe his first months in North America in Part 1, Chapter 9? Where does he live and work?

3. How does H.H. describe his relationship with Annabel in Part 1, Chapters 2-4? What impact did this relationship have on the protagonist?

4. How is H.H.’s second marriage and wedding night described in Part 1, Chapter 18?

5. How would you characterize H.H. as narrator of the story, based on his language style in Part 1, Chapters 1-6?

6. How does H.H. characterize his domestic life with Charlotte after marriage in Part 1, Chapter 18?

7. What does H.H. discover outside after receiving Leslie Tomson’s phone call in Part 1, Chapter 22?

8. How does H.H. describe his suppression of his lust for young girls in Part 1, Chapter 5?

9. What conversation do H.H. and Lolita have regarding her mother when he arrives at camp in Part 1, Chapter 27?

10. What leads to H.H.’s initial thoughts of murdering Charlotte in Part 1, Chapter 20?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe H.H.’s first impressions of Lolita and her mother, Charlotte Haze, in Part 1. Prior to seeing Lolita, what are H.H.’s plans regarding the room rental? Why does Lolita change his mind? Whom does Lolita remind H.H. of? In what ways?

Essay Topic 2

Are any of H.H.'s arguments about views on sexuality in antiquity and overseas make sense? Is mid-20th century America sexually repressed or prudent? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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