Lolita Study Guide

1. Who writes the foreword?

• Sigmund Freud
• Nabokov
• Humbert
• John Ray, Jr.

2. What number on Lawn Street is Haze's house?

• 112
• 342
• 666
• 27,000

3. What is Lolita's full first name?

• Lolita
• Dolores
• Lo
• Dolly

4. What kind of apple does Lolita eat in front of Humbert?

• Red delicious
• Fuji
• Green
• Granny smith

5. How does Humbert usually refer to his readers?

• As scholars
• As jury members
• As Lolita
• As angels

6. Who follows Humbert and Lolita around on their road trip?

• Dick Schiller
• Vivian Darkbloom
• Clare Quilty
• John Ray, Jr.

7. "Vivian Darkbloom" is an anagram of what famous author?

• Vladimir Nabokov
• William Shakespeare
• Peter Kim Wayne
• Charles Dickens

8. Who, according to Humbert, was Lolita's predecessor?

• Annabel
• Haze
• Valeria
• Eve

9. What is the literary term for a character's "double"?

• Doublement
• Doppelgänger
• Jekylian
• Two-timer

10. What is Humbert's term for seductive young girls?

• Nymphs
• Lolitas
• Sprites
• Nymphets