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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, The Announcement: Pages 87-107.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the author's son not finish reading The Princess Bride?
(a) Too boring.
(b) No interest.
(c) Too difficult.
(d) No time.

2. When Humperdinck demands that Buttercup marry him, he tells her that he doesn't want her love and will give her what?
(a) Any horse she wants.
(b) None in return.
(c) Complete privacy.
(d) All the food she could ever want.

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

4. Why is Prince Humperdinck upset when he learns that King Lotharon is dying?
(a) The Prince will miss the King greatly.
(b) The Prince is not yet ready to rule the land.
(c) The Prince must now marry, but he doesn't want to.
(d) The King's funeral will get in the way of the Prince's hunting expedition.

5. While the author's family was in New York, where was he?
(a) Texas.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what is Prince Humperdinck's one true love?

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

3. Whenever Buttercup commands the farm boy, he always answers what?

4. When the Count and Countess stop at Buttercup's house, the Count wants to see Buttercup, and the Countess wants to see who?

5. Who fishes Buttercup out of Florin Channel?

(see the answer key)

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