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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. According to the narrator of the novel, Valeria later dies during childbirth in what year?

2. What is the name of the dentist that Mrs. Haze uses that is also her neighbor in Part 1, Chapter 14?

3. 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?

4. Where does H.H. hear that the McCoos have a room to rent in Part 1, Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What solidifies H.H.’s intentions regarding Charlotte and Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 17? What action does he take?

3. Where does H.H. first catch sight of Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 10? What are his impressions of the girl?

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

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

6. Whom does H.H. marry in Part 1, Chapter 8? What eventually leads the protagonist to the United States?

7. What insinuations does Lolita make regarding her relationship with H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 27?

8. What does H.H. discover about his reservation when he arrives at the Enchanted Hunters Inn in Part 1, Chapter 27?

9. How does H.H. succeed in drugging Lolita in Part 1, Chapter 27?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss H.H. as an unreliable narrator in describing his sexual encounter with Lolita in Part 1. What do you think the reality of the situation is for the girl? How would the story differ if it were told from Lolita’s point of view? Why does Nabokov choose to tell the story from H.H.’s perspective?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the psychiatric treatments received by H.H. during his first period in New York. Where is H.H. hospitalized? For how long? What forms of treatment does he receive? How successful is that treatment?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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