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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After using the torture machine on Westley for the first time, the Count says that it has taken how much time away from his life?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) One day.

2. Why does Max place the end of a bellows into Westley's mouth?
(a) To resuscitate the lungs.
(b) To get the truth out.
(c) To clear out any negative energy.
(d) To look like he's doing something useful.

3. How does Inigo recognize the tortured scream as coming from the Man in Black?
(a) Inigo's heart made the same sound when his father was killed.
(b) Inigo remembers the Man in Black's voice.
(c) Inigo's father screamed like that when the six-fingered man killed him.
(d) Only someone tortured by the machine would make that sound.

4. Why does the Count become unnerved while fighting against Inigo?
(a) He realizes Inigo is a superior swordsman.
(b) Buttercup is watching the fight.
(c) He can't remember Inigo's father.
(d) Inigo keeps repeating his salutation.

5. After using the torture machine on Westley for the first time, the Count asks how he feels. How does Westley respond?
(a) Coughs.
(b) Cries like a baby.
(c) Faints.
(d) Laughs like a madman.

6. What does Buttercup call Humperdinck the night before their wedding?
(a) Useless.
(b) A coward.
(c) An imbecile.
(d) Heartless.

7. When Buttercup has a nightmare about her own birth, what does the midwife say in her dream?
(a) The baby is heartless.
(b) The baby is dead.
(c) Buttercup killed Westley.
(d) Buttercup is evil.

8. As Inigo and Fezzik walk side by side through the Zoo with their arms around each other's shoulders for safety, Fezzik clenches his free fist while Inigo uses his free hand to what?
(a) Try to calm his racing heart.
(b) Draw his sword.
(c) Keep his balance.
(d) Feel the wall in the darkness.

9. What animals do Inigo and Fezzik find at the first level of the Zoo?
(a) Swift ones, including cheetahs and hummingbirds.
(b) Creepy ones, including bats and centipedes.
(c) Poisonous ones, including cobras and tarantulas.
(d) Large ones, including elephants and giraffes.

10. Why do Buttercup and Westley pledge to outlive one another?
(a) They're just teasing each other.
(b) So one can always protect the other.
(c) Florin wedding vows always include this pledge.
(d) So they are never separated again.

11. What is Inigo's initial reaction when the Count turns and runs away from him?
(a) He is angry that the Count won't face him.
(b) He laughs and calls the Count a coward.
(c) He begs Westley to help with the chase.
(d) He is stunned and can't move for a moment.

12. Once Buttercup is married to the Prince and realizes Westley is not coming for her, what does she decide to do?
(a) Live her life as a Princess.
(b) Leave to look for Westley.
(c) Run away.
(d) Kill herself.

13. What happens to Inigo when he runs into a billiards room at the castle?
(a) He's struck by the Count's dagger.
(b) He's spotted by three guards.
(c) The Countess slaps him.
(d) A guard dog threatens him.

14. After Westley explains to Humperdinck what fighting to the pain means, what does the Prince do?
(a) Drops his sword.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Picks up his sword.
(d) Calls the King.

15. As Fezzik and Inigo descend the stairwell of the Zoo's third level, what captures their free hands and their necks?
(a) Squirrel monkeys' teeth.
(b) African Garstini snakes' coils.
(c) Indian elephants' trunks.
(d) Madagascar lemurs' tails.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Westley unable to protect himself against the Count's torture machine?

2. What does Fezzik do when he can't find the Spaniard?

3. When Yellin refuses to give up the gate key, Fezzik threatens to do what?

4. When the Prince goes to the garden to plan a counterattack right after his wedding to Buttercup, who escorts her to the bedchamber?

5. Yellin, who works for the Prince, is in charge of what?

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