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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Man in Black pour into two wine goblets?
(a) Novocaine drops.
(b) Sugarcane powder.
(c) Iocane powder.
(d) Iodine drops.

3. Why does Buttercup grow upset with the Countess?
(a) She doesn't like the way the Countess laughs at her.
(b) The Countess insulted her parents.
(c) The Countess wants to take her horse.
(d) She doesn't like the way the Countess looks at Westley.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, the author was what?

2. Inigo's father is a master craftsman who makes what?

3. What does the Sicilian do when he reaches the top of the Cliffs of Insanity?

4. How old is Fezzik when he has his first professional fight?

5. Buttercup doesn't care about her image and doesn't like to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is there any love in the courtship between Buttercup and Humperdinck?

2. Who is the Dread Pirate Roberts?

3. What is the outcome of the sword fight between Inigo Montoya and the Man in Black?

4. As future queen of Florin, how does Buttercup regard the people?

5. Why does Buttercup leave Westley and go with Humperdinck outside the Fire Swamp?

6. How does Buttercup realize that the Man in Black is Westley?

7. Whenever the farm boy says "As you wish", what does he really mean?

8. Describe Prince Humperdinck's personality and physical attributes.

9. Does the author's account of his father reading "The Princess Bride" seem credible to him?

10. Describe Inigo's childhood.

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