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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, The Groom; Chapter Three, The Courtship; Chapter Four, The Preparations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author do in Chapter Four?
(a) Complains about the weather.
(b) Includes an ode to Buttercup.
(c) Interrupts the narrative.
(d) Writes about his favorite meals.

2. What is Buttercup to Prince Humperdinck?
(a) An enigma.
(b) The most intelligent woman in the world.
(c) A possession.
(d) The love of his life.

3. As a child, the author was what?
(a) An active, social child involved in theater and sports.
(b) A bubbly child who played the banjo.
(c) A loner who did not excel in sports.
(d) A painfully shy child who loved math and science.

4. Why does Buttercup toss and turn all night following the visit from the Count and Countess?
(a) She wonders why women follow the farm boy around.
(b) She is worried she might have insulted the Count.
(c) She doesn't want her parents to be arrested.
(d) She doesn't want her horse to be taken away.

5. How does young Buttercup like spending most of her time?
(a) Sewing with her mother.
(b) Swimming in the river.
(c) Farming with her father.
(d) Riding her horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Westley prepares to leave for America, what does Buttercup promise?

2. Why is Prince Humperdinck upset when he learns that King Lotharon is dying?

3. Why did the author's son not finish reading The Princess Bride?

4. Who is Jason?

5. Who is Prince Humperdinck?

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