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Nabokov's "Lolita": Part Two Trivia Quiz

Greetings once again. Welcome to the "Lolita" quiz which focuses on Part Two of Nabokov's infamous work.

A multiple-choice quiz by filmmaker03. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
filmmaker03

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
233,470

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. What type of restroom signs did Humbert and Lolita not encounter while on their travels? Hint

Jack-Jill

Guys-Gals

Mars-Venus

Bucks-Does

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which of these places did Humbert not allow Lolita to visit on her own while traveling? Hint

cinema

children's library

skating rink

rose garden

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Question 3 of 15

3. Where did Lolita attend school when living at 14 Thayer Street? Hint

Beardsley College

Beardsley School for Girls

Cormorant Academy for Young Ladies

Godin Hall

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Question 4 of 15

4. What game does Humbert play with Gaston Godin? Hint

tennis

chess

gin

raquetball

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Question 5 of 15

5. Lolita's weekly allowance was $0.21 at the beginning of the so-called "Beardsley Era". What was the allowance at the end of this phase of the story? Hint

$1.05

$3.20

$0.10

$8.50

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who taught Bible at Lolita's school? Hint

Gaston Godin

Clare Quilty

Reverend Rigger

Mrs. Holigan

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Question 7 of 15

7. Mona and Lolita practice a scene from which Shakespearean play? Hint

The Taming of the Shrew

Romeo and Juliet

A Midsummer Night's Dream

King Lear

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Question 8 of 15

8. What does Miss Pratt not wish to speak to Humbert about? Hint

Lolita's eating habits

Lolita's social practices

Lolita's use of language

Lolita's home life

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who wrote the play that Lolita is appearing in at school? Hint

William Shakespeare

Clare Quilty

Tennessee Williams

Christopher Marlowe

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Question 10 of 15

10. What did Humbert inherit from the late Harold Haze, Lolita's father? Hint

a gun

a house

a car

money

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Question 11 of 15

11. What does Humbert feel Lolita unexpectedly learned from studying drama in Beardsley? Hint

how to speak with an accent

how to betray him

how to tango

how to smoke

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Question 12 of 15

12. Humbert often refers to Lolita as which operatic character? Hint

Aida

Carmen

Cio-Cio-San

Gilda

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Question 13 of 15

13. What is the first line of Humbert's ode to Lolita? Hint

Wanted, wanted: Dolores Haze.

My car is limping, Dolores Haze.

Where are you hiding, Dolores Haze?

Who is your hero, Dolores Haze?

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who does Lolita marry in the end? Hint

Clare Quilty

Richard Schiller

Edgar H. Humbert

Gaston Godin

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Question 15 of 15

15. How does Quilty's friend react when Humbert tells her that he has murdered him? Hint

"Call the police!"

"Good for you."

"I don't care."

"Get out of here!"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What type of restroom signs did Humbert and Lolita not encounter while on their travels?

Answer: Mars-Venus

The famous book, "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus", had not been published yet, so the concept would have not been as widely known as it is today.

2. Which of these places did Humbert not allow Lolita to visit on her own while traveling?

Answer: cinema

Humbert sent her willingly to both the library and rose garden, but followed her and spied when she attended the skating rink. He never allowed her into a cinema by herself.

3. Where did Lolita attend school when living at 14 Thayer Street?

Answer: Beardsley School for Girls

Humbert sends Lo to a school for girls, hoping that she will receive some serious education apart from the charm school aspect of the institution.

4. What game does Humbert play with Gaston Godin?

Answer: chess

Humbert reports that Gaston is so involved in the games that he greets Lolita during matches without raising his eyes from the board.

5. Lolita's weekly allowance was $0.21 at the beginning of the so-called "Beardsley Era". What was the allowance at the end of this phase of the story?

Answer: $1.05

This allowance was given on the understanding that Lolita would fulfill her "basic obligations." Humbert felt that this was more than fair considering the number of gifts which he regularly gave to her.

6. Who taught Bible at Lolita's school?

Answer: Reverend Rigger

Lolita's friend Mona Dahl jokes that Lo has a crush on the Reverend and suggests so in a note scribbled in one of Lo's schoolbooks.

7. Mona and Lolita practice a scene from which Shakespearean play?

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew

Mona and Lo are studying drama at the Beardsley School for Girls and often study together.

8. What does Miss Pratt not wish to speak to Humbert about?

Answer: Lolita's eating habits

Pratt inquires as to Lolita's home life, wondering if this affects Lolita's use of language and general social behavior at school.

9. Who wrote the play that Lolita is appearing in at school?

Answer: Clare Quilty

The play being performed, "The Enchanted Hunters," shares its name with a hotel where Humbert and Lo once stayed.

10. What did Humbert inherit from the late Harold Haze, Lolita's father?

Answer: a gun

This would be the same gun that later kills Clare Quilty.

11. What does Humbert feel Lolita unexpectedly learned from studying drama in Beardsley?

Answer: how to betray him

Humbert feels that allowing Lo to study drama was a bad idea. In fact, sending her to the Beardsley School for Girls turns out to have been an unwise decision in general; at least, as far as Humbert is concerned.

12. Humbert often refers to Lolita as which operatic character?

Answer: Carmen

Humbert refers to Lolita as the beautiful, sensual, and tragic Carmen from the Bizet opera. Aida appears in the Verdi opera, while Cio-Cio-San appears in Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" and Gilda in Verdi's "Rigoletto." All are iconic, tragic female characters, though Carmen is the most sensual.

13. What is the first line of Humbert's ode to Lolita?

Answer: Wanted, wanted: Dolores Haze.

The poem speaks of his search for Lolita and the pain involved in losing her. Each of these lines occur in the poem.

14. Who does Lolita marry in the end?

Answer: Richard Schiller

Lolita is briefly companion to Clare Quilty, though she does not marry him. She disappears for several years, marrying Richard F. Schiller, becoming pregnant, and seeing Humbert only once more before the foreshadowed murder.

15. How does Quilty's friend react when Humbert tells her that he has murdered him?

Answer: "Good for you."

Quilty's drunken friends, who arrive just after his death, do not seem too upset at the fact that Quilty has been shot.

Source: Author filmmaker03

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