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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 does the Man in Black notice about the Count?
(a) He has one blue eye and one brown eye.
(b) He is more confident than the Prince.
(c) He is in love with Buttercup.
(d) He has six fingers.

2. Short and stocky, Prince Humperdinck walks like a what?
(a) Crab.
(b) Gorilla.
(c) Flamingo.
(d) Cat.

3. Who fishes Buttercup out of Florin Channel?
(a) The pirate.
(b) The Turk.
(c) The Swede.
(d) The Spaniard.

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

5. When the Prince and the Count reach the place where Buttercup and the Man in Black have fallen down the ravine, Humperdinck notes how odd it is for such a master to flee in what?
(a) A ravine that leads to the Fire Swamp.
(b) A ravine that has no outlet.
(c) Such a hurry.
(d) A place that is so easily accessible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whenever Dread Pirate Roberts' ship is passed down to a successor, what happens?

2. Why does Buttercup toss and turn all night following the visit from the Count and Countess?

3. When Roberts takes Westley aside to explain that he is not the real Dread Pirate Roberts, what does he say about the original Roberts?

4. As a child, the author was what?

5. When the author was a child in 1941, what happened to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Fezzik feel when he sees the Man in Black approaching after his fight with Inigo?

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 do Vizzini, Fezzik, and Inigo come to kidnap Buttercup?

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

8. How does Buttercup regard her own appearance?

9. Why does Westley decide to leave Buttercup and sail to America?

10. What are the dynamics of the relationship between King Lotharon and Queen Bella?

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