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

2. What does Fezzik enjoy doing?
(a) Rhyming.
(b) Tormenting others.
(c) Sailing.
(d) Eating.

3. How does Vizzini try to outsmart the Man in Black?
(a) By coming up with a better rhyme.
(b) By distracting him.
(c) By speaking in another language.
(d) By poisoning the cheese.

4. What is the purpose of the Zoo of Death?
(a) To house animals for Humperdinck's hunting pleasure.
(b) To use as a public torture chamber for the prince's betrayers.
(c) To house animals for Humperdinck's eating pleasure.
(d) To use as a secret prison for enemy spies.

5. Why does Buttercup toss and turn all night following the visit from the Count and Countess?
(a) She wonders why women follow the farm boy around.
(b) She doesn't want her horse to be taken away.
(c) She doesn't want her parents to be arrested.
(d) She is worried she might have insulted the Count.

Short Answer Questions

1. Buttercup doesn't care about her image and doesn't like to what?

2. What childhood ideals did the author see slipping away from his life?

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

4. When Buttercup awakens in the bottom of a boat, who is there with her?

5. The Man in Black challenges Vizzini to a battle of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Inigo's childhood.

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

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

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

5. How does the Man in Black outsmart and defeat Vizzini?

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

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

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

9. How does Buttercup regard her own appearance?

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

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