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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Although Buttercup doesn't know it, three people in the crowd that greets her in Florin City are planning what?

3. When Buttercup pushes the Man in Black down a ravine and says he can die for all she cares, he says what?

4. When Humperdinck demands that Buttercup marry him, he tells her that he doesn't want her love and will give her what?

5. When Buttercup jumps overboard into Florin Channel, someone tells her that she should beware of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Buttercup leave Westley and go with Humperdinck outside the Fire Swamp?

9. Who is the Dread Pirate Roberts?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several props are important in the story. Specify the significance of the following:

1. The six-finger sword.

2. The holocaust cloak.

3. The man in black's mask.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze one of the following minor characters, explaining in detail what this character adds to the story:

1. Max, the miracle maker.

2. Valerie, the miracle maker's wife.

3. Count Rugen, the six-fingered man.

Essay Topic 3

In Florin's world of tragedy, betrayal, revenge, and other harsh realities, one thing remains pure and worth making sacrifices for: the ongoing love between Westley and Buttercup.

1. Explain how the love between these two characters serves as a tool to keep the reader's hope and interest level alive even in the midst of the most hopeless situations that the book's various characters find themselves in.

2. How does the love shared between Westley and Buttercup help advance the plot line?

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