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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 do Buttercup and Westley pledge to outlive one another?
(a) So they are never separated again.
(b) So one can always protect the other.
(c) They're just teasing each other.
(d) Florin wedding vows always include this pledge.

2. Who taunts Fezzik after he is separated from Inigo and finds Vizzini dead?
(a) Village boys.
(b) The Man in Black.
(c) The Count.
(d) Town girls.

3. When Westley awakens and finds himself chained, what does he hear?
(a) The Prince singing.
(b) People screaming.
(c) The Count laughing.
(d) Animals bellowing.

4. How does the albino tend to Westley?
(a) With salt and aloe.
(b) With food and bandages.
(c) With oregano tea.
(d) With rapid-healing ointments.

5. How does Inigo recognize the tortured scream as coming from the Man in Black?
(a) Inigo remembers the Man in Black's voice.
(b) Inigo's heart made the same sound when his father was killed.
(c) Only someone tortured by the machine would make that sound.
(d) Inigo's father screamed like that when the six-fingered man killed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Westley tells the Prince that they will fight to the pain, he explains that he will cut off many of Humperdinck's body parts, but leave his what?

2. What happens as soon as the miracle pill passes down Westley's throat?

3. After Westley explains to Humperdinck what fighting to the pain means, what does the Prince do?

4. When Inigo finally sees the Count face to face, what does he say?

5. At the castle gate, who is astonished to see Westley alive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Buttercup's nightmares?

2. What happens when Count Rugen and several armed men find Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik inside the castle?

3. What is the Machine?

4. Describe what Westley means when he tells Humperdinck they will not fight to the death, but instead will fight to the pain.

5. To pacify Buttercup, what false offer does Humperdinck make regarding Westley and his pirate ship?

6. How does Inigo know that the piercing scream heard across the land emanated from the Man in Black?

7. Who defeats the King bats at the Zoo of Death?

8. After his reunion with Fezzik, why does Inigo want to find the Man in Black?

9. Why does Miracle Max agree to help Inigo and Fezzik in their attempt to bring their dead friend back to life?

10. What happens to Fezzik after he awakens following his battle with the Man in Black?

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