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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. What is the name of Inigo Montoya's father?
(a) Lucindo.
(b) Viernes.
(c) Placido.
(d) Domingo.

2. How long do Humperdinck and Buttercup court?
(a) One week.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

3. Fezzik is the size of a typical man by the time he is in:
(a) Fifth grade.
(b) Kindergarten.
(c) Third grade.
(d) Diapers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Sicilian want Fezzik to finish off the Man in Black?

2. What does Buttercup say when Prince Humperdinck demands that she marry him?

3. Who is William Goldman?

4. Why does the Queen speak for the King?

5. How does young Buttercup like spending most of her time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the Dread Pirate Roberts?

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

4. How do Vizzini, Fezzik, and Inigo come to kidnap Buttercup?

5. Why does Buttercup grow jealous over the way the Countess stared at Westley?

6. Describe Inigo's childhood.

7. How does Fezzik end up with Vizzini?

8. What obstacles do Westley and Buttercup face in the Fire Swamp?

9. Describe Fezzik's childhood.

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

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