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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. Inigo grows up in Central Spain raised by his:
(a) Mother and father.
(b) Father.
(c) Older sister.
(d) Mother.

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

3. How old is Buttercup when she is introduced to the people of Florin City?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-one.

4. When Buttercup pushes the Man in Black down a ravine and says he can die for all she cares, he says what?
(a) As you wish.
(b) You will pay for this.
(c) Is that the best you can do?
(d) What have you done?

5. Why is Westley leaving for America?
(a) Buttercup has broken his heart.
(b) He wants to seek his fortune to build a life for himself and Buttercup.
(c) He was invited to travel to America with the Countess.
(d) He is tired of being abused and wishes to start over in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the six-fingered man had promised to pay Inigo's father five hundred gold pieces for the custom-made item, in the end he's willing to pay no more than:

2. Who is Prince Humperdinck?

3. How old is Inigo when the Sicilian finds him?

4. How many levels is the Zoo of Death composed of?

5. After being attacked by several R.O.U.S., Westley is left with a wound where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the Dread Pirate Roberts?

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

4. How does Fezzik end up with Vizzini?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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