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Nabokov's "Lolita": Part One Trivia Quiz

This quiz will focus on Part One of Nabokov's famous and passionate novel, "Lolita."

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

Author
filmmaker03

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
233,244

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
688

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 65 (13/15), Guest 65 (15/15), Guest 65 (13/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is Lolita's given name? Hint

Charlotte Haze

Dolly Haze

Dolores Haze

Lola Haze

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which nationality does not apply to Humbert? Hint

Russian

English

French

Austrian

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which Nabokov-created academic writes the foreword to Humbert's tale? Hint

John Ray, Jr.

Harold D. Doublename

Clare Quilty

Leopold Rigger

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Question 4 of 15

4. What was Humbert's first wife called by her new lover? Hint

Valeria

Valechka

Valentina

Veichsput

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Question 5 of 15

5. What is the actual name of the lake that Humbert, Lolita, and her mother visit? Hint

Our Glass Lake

Lake Beardsley

Lake Breinmare

Hourglass Lake

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Question 6 of 15

6. What number is both the Haze's street address and the hotel room in which Humbert and Lolita initially stay? Hint

1400

683

342

1910

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Question 7 of 15

7. What did Humbert not buy Lolita while in Lepingville? Hint

roller skates

a mirror

a tennis racket

comic books

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who confesses her love for Humbert in a letter? Hint

Lolita's mother

Louise, the housekeeper

Lolita

Mona, Lolita's friend

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Question 9 of 15

9. Where does Humbert first see Lolita? Hint

at the school dance

at a funeral

in a dream

on the piazza

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Question 10 of 15

10. Where do the Hazes live when Humbert first encounters them? Hint

Hamilton

Beardsley

Ramsdale

Lepingville

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Question 11 of 15

11. What does Humbert not call Lolita in the first chapter? Hint

fire of my loins

light of my life

my tragedy

my soul

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Question 12 of 15

12. Whom was Humbert first "madly, clumsily, shamelessly, agonizingly in love" with? Hint

Annabel

Fraulein von Kulp

Mrs. Leigh

Laureen

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Question 13 of 15

13. What does Humbert define as the common age range for a "nymphet?" Hint

13 to 17

16 to 24

9 to 14

6 to 11

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which language, besides English, is used most prominently throughout the book? Hint

Russian

French

Italian

Greek

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Question 15 of 15

15. Who discovers Humbert's private diary, thus discovering his secret lust for Lolita? Hint

Lolita

Charlotte

Louise

Mrs. Farlow

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Lolita's given name?

Answer: Dolores Haze

Humbert, our narrator, calls Dolores by many names including: Lolita, Lo, Lola, and Dolly.

2. Which nationality does not apply to Humbert?

Answer: Russian

Humbert's father was part French, part Austrian, while his mother was English. Nabokov, the book's author, is of Russian descent.

3. Which Nabokov-created academic writes the foreword to Humbert's tale?

Answer: John Ray, Jr.

Ray's foreword was actually written by Nabokov, and is a true part of the novel itself. It is Nabokov's only opportunity for the reader to examine the events of the book through the mind of someone other than Humbert.

4. What was Humbert's first wife called by her new lover?

Answer: Valechka

Valeria, a young Russian woman, was married to Humbert but ran away with another man. He called her Valechka, which was most likely her given Russian name.

5. What is the actual name of the lake that Humbert, Lolita, and her mother visit?

Answer: Hourglass Lake

Humbert, Lolita and Charlotte visit this lake which Humbert initially believes is called Our Glass Lake. He later corrects himself.

6. What number is both the Haze's street address and the hotel room in which Humbert and Lolita initially stay?

Answer: 342

Both Humbert and Lolita realize the strange coincidence of rooming in a hotel room which shares the number of their home address.

7. What did Humbert not buy Lolita while in Lepingville?

Answer: a mirror

Other things Humbert purchased for Lolita include: candy, sanitary pads, sodas, a manicure set, travel clock, a topaz ring, a portable radio, chewing gum, a raincoat, sunglasses, and a good deal of clothing.

8. Who confesses her love for Humbert in a letter?

Answer: Lolita's mother

Charlotte, Lolita's mother, declares her love for Humbert in a note delivered to him by Louise, her housekeeper. In it she demands that Humbert either admit his love for her or leave town.

9. Where does Humbert first see Lolita?

Answer: on the piazza

Humbert first meets Lolita at her and her mother's house. He is stunned by her beauty and "nymphetic" nature and falls for her instantly.

10. Where do the Hazes live when Humbert first encounters them?

Answer: Ramsdale

The widow Charlotte Haze and her daughter Dolores (Lolita) live at 342 Lawn Street, Ramsdale when Humbert meets them.

11. What does Humbert not call Lolita in the first chapter?

Answer: my tragedy

"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul." Nowhere in chapter one does Humbert mention any tragedy involving Lolita.

12. Whom was Humbert first "madly, clumsily, shamelessly, agonizingly in love" with?

Answer: Annabel

Humbert fell in love with a young girl named Annabel, whose existence and eventual death leads Humbert to his desire for young "nymphets," such as Lolita.

13. What does Humbert define as the common age range for a "nymphet?"

Answer: 9 to 14

Humbert defines a certain type of girl as "nymphetic," a creature that is somewhat demoniac and tempting to older men.

14. Which language, besides English, is used most prominently throughout the book?

Answer: French

Humbert was born in Paris in 1910. He begins to teach some of his French to Lolita, who titillates him enormously whenever she speaks it with him.

15. Who discovers Humbert's private diary, thus discovering his secret lust for Lolita?

Answer: Charlotte

Charlotte, Lolita's mother, discovers the diary and becomes so enraged that she charges into the street and is hit and killed by a car.

Source: Author filmmaker03

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