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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Fezzik in the castle while he's searching for Westley?
(a) He runs into Humperdinck.
(b) He becomes lost.
(c) Guards capture him.
(d) He finds Buttercup.

2. What two items does Westley request when he, Inigo, and Fezzik are trying to enter the castle?
(a) A wheelbarrow and a holocaust cloak.
(b) A torch and a multicolor coat.
(c) A mirror and a box of matches.
(d) A sword and a shield.

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

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

5. Why is Buttercup extremely calm right before her wedding?
(a) She knows Westley will save her.
(b) She doesn't realize the wedding is coming right up.
(c) She has developed an escape plan.
(d) The Prince has drugged her.

6. What happens after an older woman ridicules Buttercup for leaving Westley in the Fire Swamp?
(a) Guards seize the woman.
(b) Buttercup screams at the woman.
(c) The woman collapses to the ground.
(d) Buttercup wakes up.

7. After Fezzik's and Inigo's reunion, how does the giant help the Spaniard?
(a) Carries him to the castle.
(b) Finds his missing sword.
(c) Nurses him out of his drunken stupor.
(d) Brings him medicine from Miracle Max.

8. What does Buttercup realize when she talks to the Prince the night before their wedding?
(a) The Prince has been torturing Westley for weeks.
(b) He never sent four ships to look for Westley.
(c) She's falling in love with the Prince.
(d) The Count plans to kill her.

9. When Inigo regains consciousness and finds himself tied to a tree, he frees himself by using what?
(a) Hidden scissors.
(b) A sharp rock.
(c) His teeth.
(d) His sword.

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

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

12. When the Prince goes to the garden to plan a counterattack right after his wedding to Buttercup, who escorts her to the bedchamber?
(a) Vizzini.
(b) The Count and Countess.
(c) The King and Queen.
(d) Yellin.

13. What comes right before the Count's cheerful announcement to the Prince that the machine is ready?
(a) Sharp gunshot.
(b) Lunar eclipse.
(c) Piercing scream.
(d) Deafening groan.

14. How does a drunk and feisty Inigo recognize Fezzik?
(a) By his secret code phrase.
(b) By his size.
(c) Through his laughter.
(d) Through his rhymes.

15. When Yellin refuses to give up the gate key, Fezzik threatens to do what?
(a) Throw him into the moat.
(b) Punch him in the face.
(c) Tie him to a tree.
(d) Rip off his arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the castle gate, who is astonished to see Westley alive?

2. Inigo and Fezzik are reunited during what event?

3. Goldman's father always concluded with the words "And they lived happily ever after" at what point in the story?

4. Who demands the gate key from Yellin as the three comrades try to enter the castle?

5. Why is the Count upset after Westley dies?

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