Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Examination Domination

Quick reminder: Short 2 page (only) paper. Double space. 12 pt font. Times New Roman. Dealing with a very specific topic. DUE: Oct. 13th

Test Questions from class:
1. What is the name of the only hotel that Humbert and Lolita stay in in Part 1? Enchanted Hunters
2. Know why the number 342 is significant to Lolita: Haze address 342 Lawn Street, # of hotel room at the Enchanted Hunters, and the # of hotels stayed in by Humbert and Lolita
3.page 31 "one of those dazzling coincidences that logicians loathe and poets love."
4. count on murder for what kind of prose style? fancy prose style
5. MEMORIZE the last line of the book: I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality the you or I may share, my Lolita.
6. page 437 What does Nabokov think he was really born as? A landscape painter.
7. Who can recognize a nymphet? an artist and a mad man
8. Speak Memory, Synesthesia, In one common form of synesthesia, known as grapheme → color synesthesia or color-graphemic synesthesia, letters or numbers are perceived as inherently colored.
9. What man with a mustache does Quilty resemble? Charlie Chapman (or Hitler)
10. Humbert:Quilty::Reader: Nabokov......what i mean by this is Humbert is tricked by Quilty as the reader is tricked by Nabokov.
11. Why do Nabokov and Humbert detest sleep? Parting with consciousness is unspeakably repulsive.....they have no control.
12. Dolores - mater dolorosa - the mother of sorrows
13. Names of Jean Farlow's dogs: Cavall and Melampus from the story about Actaeon and Diana. And how is the story of Actaeon and Diana related to Lolita? The hunter becomes the hunted.......or rather the Enchanted Hunter.......OR the Hunted Enchanter!!!!! Like the hotel name.....or like Humbert? or like Quilty?
14. What are the four things all good readers should have? -memory -imagination -artistic sense -a dictionary
15. Three things that go into building an artist: -teacher -storyteller -enchanter
Which one is most important? enchanter!.........see question 13
16. Read the blog of James the rat (I feel left out not having an epithet) on Speak Memory
17. What is the color of the ball that the cocker spaniel at The Enchanted Hunters? RED
18. Humbert's forearms....(hairy, masculine)
19. When Humbert finds Lolita pregnant and Lo tells him Quilty was the one who took her away, H.H. think of one word: Waterproof
20. Plays written by Quilty: The Little Nymph, The Lady Who Loved Lightening, Dark Age, The Strange Mushroom, Fatherly Love...
21. How did Charlotte die? Who was driving the car? Frederick Beale Jr.
22. anytime we use the word "reality", according to Nabokov it should always be in quotes.....or rather claws.
23. How did Humbert's mother die? (picnic, lightening)
24. What is the difference between parody and satire? Parody is to imitate in a way to mock or poke fun at something, but not in a mean way. A satire is usually an attack or used with derision. Nabokov loved parody, and Lolita is a parody of America.
25. In speak memory what did Nabokov's mother like to collect in the woods? Strange mushrooms.
26. Lolita's favorite types of movies: Musicals, Underworlders, Westerners - pg 170
27. Who is jutting Jaw? Dick Tracy, Nabokov parodied language from 1940-50's movies, Dick Tracy, comics, etc
28. Jana had a baby boy named Eugene!!! Congratulations!!!!
29. French Lieutenant's Woman, Lolita, Don Quixote are all examples of METAFICTION - self-conscious literature
30. What type of car did Maxonovich, the man who stole Valeria drive? A TAXI
31. Nabokov proud of passages: -the Kasbeam barber -class list -taxonovich -Lolita playing tennis
32. The very geometry of reality is what Lolita seemed to represent when she was playing tennis.
34. Imitative behavior of butterflies pg 95
35. Age regulations for nymphets, 9 - 14 and NYMPHETS ARE NOT FOUND IN POLAR REGIONS!

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