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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. Among whom does the narrator claim in Part 2, Chapter 1 “sexual relations between a father and his daughter are accepted as a matter of course”?
2. H.H. tells Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 1 that if she should go to the authorities, he will be arrested but she will become the ward of whom?
3. What does H.H. buy for Lolita for her fifteenth birthday in Part 2, Chapter 12?
4. At what motel office does H.H. discover Lolita’s kidnapper has written his entry as “Dr. Gratiano Forbeson, Mirandola, NY” in Part 2, Chapter 23?
5. What location does the narrator describe in Part 2, Chapter 2, as somber with “its colored hot springs, baby geysers, rainbows of bubbling mud--symbols of my passion”?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do H.H. and Lolita go after leaving the Enchanted Hunters Inn in Part 2, Chapter 1? Where do they stay?
2. What does H.H. describe about his and Lolita’s experiences at the cinema in Part 2, Chapter 3?
3. How does Vladimir Nabokov demonstrate irony in Part 2, Chapter 2?
4. Where does Lolita claim to have been during her absence in Part 2, Chapter 19? How does H.H. respond?
5. How does H.H. go about finding the missing Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 19?
6. Who does H.H. believe to be following him and Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 18? For how long has he been tailed?
7. What events does H.H. describe during the period surrounding Lolita’s birthday in Part 2, Chapter 12?
8. When does Miss Pratt call H.H. to a meeting in Part 2, Chapter 11? What are his impressions as he enters the meeting?
9. What mysterious incident takes place involving a phone call to H.H. in Part 2, Chapter 21?
10. What does H.H. surmise about the play that Lolita is performing in, in Part 2, Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Plot Structure
a. Discuss the plot structure of Lolita. In what ways is the narrative related and what effect does this have on the reader?
b. How does Lolita compare with other novels written during this time period? Are there specific stylistic elements that can be seen in Nabokov’s writing?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss H.H.’s visit to the clothing stores in Parkington and his purchases there. Why does H.H. make these purchases? What reservations does he have interacting with the saleswomen? Why?
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