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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What childhood ideals did the author see slipping away from his life?
(a) Honesty and integrity.
(b) Chivalry and treating others as yourself.
(c) High adventure and true love.
(d) Family life and loyalty.

2. When Buttercup awakens in the bottom of a boat, who is there with her?
(a) The Count and the Countess.
(b) The Dread Pirate Roberts.
(c) A Spaniard, a dwarf, and a Swede.
(d) A Sicilian, a Spaniard, and a giant.

3. Who or what is Prince Humperdinck's one true love?
(a) The Countess.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Buttercup.
(d) Eating.

4. Whenever Buttercup commands the farm boy, he always answers what?
(a) Yes, ma'am.
(b) As you wish.
(c) No problem.
(d) Of course.

5. The initials R.O.U.S. stand for what?
(a) Reptiles of uncommon strength.
(b) Rodents of unusual size.
(c) Rodents of unquestionable savageness.
(d) Reptiles of unthinkable swiftness.

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

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

8. What happens to Westley's ship off the coast of America?
(a) It disappears in a hurricane.
(b) It hits a rocky protrusion and sinks.
(c) It's attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts.
(d) It's stopped by the Coast Guard and sent back.

9. How many years does Inigo spend learning how to fence?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

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

12. Inigo grows up in Central Spain raised by his:
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Older sister.
(d) Mother and father.

13. Why does Humperdinck refuse to marry Princess Noreena?
(a) She's twice his age.
(b) She's much taller than him.
(c) She's bald.
(d) She's a vegetarian.

14. How many levels is the Zoo of Death composed of?
(a) Five.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

15. What did the author realize about the manner in which his relative shared the story with him?
(a) Made up most of it.
(b) Kept only the action parts.
(c) The delivery was overly theatrical.
(d) Recited it by memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Prince and the Count reach the place where Buttercup and the Man in Black have fallen down the ravine, Humperdinck notes how odd it is for such a master to flee in what?

2. As a child, the author was what?

3. What does Fezzik enjoy doing?

4. What does the Man in Black notice about the Count?

5. During their sword duel, what do Inigo and the Man in Black discover about each other?

(see the answer keys)

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