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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 childhood ideals did the author see slipping away from his life?
(a) Honesty and integrity.
(b) Chivalry and treating others as yourself.
(c) Family life and loyalty.
(d) High adventure and true love.

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

3. When the Count and Countess stop at Buttercup's house, the Count wants to see Buttercup, and the Countess wants to see who?
(a) Her parents.
(b) The stable.
(c) Her horse.
(d) Westley.

4. What do Fezzik's parents die from in Mongolia?
(a) Bird flu.
(b) A rock slide.
(c) A plague.
(d) Food poisoning.

5. When Fezzik fights professionally, he usually is what?
(a) Cheered.
(b) Loses.
(c) Booed.
(d) Let's the other guy win.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Humperdinck and Buttercup court?

2. Discouraged because he can't find his father's murderer, Inigo starts to do what?

3. During their sword duel, what do Inigo and the Man in Black discover about each other?

4. Inigo grows up in Central Spain raised by his:

5. Who is Jason?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Prince Humperdinck's demeanor as he pursues whoever kidnapped Buttercup?

3. How does Buttercup regard her own appearance?

4. Describe Inigo's childhood.

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

6. Why does the six-fingered man kill Domingo Montoya?

7. What does the author say is the outcome of his father reading "The Princess Bride" to him?

8. How does the Man in Black reach the top of the Cliffs of Insanity after Vizzini cuts the rope?

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

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

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