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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. How does the Man in Black win the fight against Fezzik?
(a) By poisoning him.
(b) By taking him by the throat.
(c) By coming up with a better rhyme.
(d) By moving so quickly that the giant tires and falls asleep.

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

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

4. Who entertained the author when he was a child recovering at home?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Mother.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fezzik's parents grow tired of other children beating up their son, what do they do?

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

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

4. What does the author do in Chapter Four?

5. Why is Westley leaving for America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Buttercup try to escape her kidnappers?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Goldman decide to abridge "The Princess Bride"?

9. How does Buttercup regard her own appearance?

10. During a fancy dinner, why does the Prince storm out in a huff shouting that he will not marry Princess Noreena, a dinner guest?

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