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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. When the Count and Countess stop at Buttercup's house, the Count wants to see Buttercup, and the Countess wants to see who?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Westley.
(c) The stable.
(d) Her horse.

2. As Westley prepares to leave for America, what does Buttercup promise?
(a) She will never speak to him again.
(b) She will start taking better care of her hygiene.
(c) She will find the Countess and kill her.
(d) She will wait for him and never love another.

3. What does Buttercup say when Prince Humperdinck demands that she marry him?
(a) She can't marry someone so pompous.
(b) She cannot love another.
(c) She's already married.
(d) She has no interest in marriage.

4. Short and stocky, Prince Humperdinck walks like a what?
(a) Cat.
(b) Gorilla.
(c) Crab.
(d) Flamingo.

5. Who is William Goldman?
(a) The son of the book's author.
(b) The father of the book's author.
(c) The book's fictitious author.
(d) The book's author.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Zoo of Death?

2. How does young Buttercup like spending most of her time?

3. For years, the author heard The Princess Bride being told in the voice of his what?

4. While the author's family was in New York, where was he?

5. What is Buttercup to Prince Humperdinck?

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