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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the boat reaches the Cliffs of Insanity, what does the Spaniard note?
(a) The Count had given different orders.
(b) Someone's following them.
(c) Buttercup is missing.
(d) They have no drinking water left.

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

3. Discouraged because he can't find his father's murderer, Inigo starts to do what?
(a) Pray at every church he sees.
(b) Drink wine in excess.
(c) Train to become a spy.
(d) Become a menace to the villagers.

4. Inigo Montoya comes from what village?
(a) Estepona.
(b) Arabella.
(c) Almeria.
(d) Carlotta.

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

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

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

8. When Fezzik's parents grow tired of other children beating up their son, what do they do?
(a) Teach him to rhyme.
(b) Talk to his teacher.
(c) Teach him to fight.
(d) Move into a cave.

9. How does the Man in Black win the fight against Fezzik?
(a) By taking him by the throat.
(b) By poisoning him.
(c) By coming up with a better rhyme.
(d) By moving so quickly that the giant tires and falls asleep.

10. Who is Count Rugen?
(a) Rich man who spies on Humperdinck.
(b) Close friend of the farm boy.
(c) Rich man who spies on the farm boy.
(d) Close friend of Prince Humperdinck.

11. What is the name of Westley's pirate ship?
(a) Red Dread.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Courage.
(d) Black Pearl.

12. As the kidnappers start climbing the Cliffs of Insanity, what happens to the boat?
(a) It crashes into the rocks and is destroyed.
(b) It's captured by pirates.
(c) It drifts away.
(d) It sinks.

13. Who is Prince Humperdinck?
(a) Ruler of Florin.
(b) Exiled prince of Florin.
(c) Ruler of Guilder.
(d) Exiled prince of Guilder.

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

15. 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 horse.
(b) The stable.
(c) Westley.
(d) Her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fishes Buttercup out of Florin Channel?

2. What happens to Westley's ship off the coast of America?

3. At the Cliffs of Insanity, who climbs the sheer cliff walls towards Buttercup and her abductors?

4. Why does Buttercup grow upset with the Countess?

5. Although Buttercup doesn't know it, three people in the crowd that greets her in Florin City are planning what?

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