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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. What animals do Inigo and Fezzik find at the first level of the Zoo?

2. After Buttercup insults the Prince, what does he do?

3. When Inigo regains consciousness and finds himself tied to a tree, he frees himself by using what?

4. After Fezzik and Inigo reunite, the fencer plots revenge against the Count and requires what from the Man in Black?

5. After using the torture machine on Westley for the first time, the Count asks how he feels. How does Westley respond?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After Humperdinck's original plan to have Vizzini kidnap and kill Buttercup goes wrong, why is the Prince happy that his people are so enthralled by Buttercup?

4. What do Fezzik and Inigo find at the first level of the Zoo of Death?

5. What is the Machine?

6. How are Inigo and Fezzik reunited after the death of Vizzini?

7. Describe the words exchanged between Westley and the albino when they finally have their first real conversation.

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

9. What happens at the moment Buttercup is about to kill herself with a dagger?

10. Describe Westley's first experiences at the Zoo of Death.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Fezzik and Waverly. What brings these two characters together? What forges their strong bond?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Westley with Prince Humperdinck. What makes the pirate the "good guy"? What makes the prince the "bad guy"? How does the author use these two characters to turn traditional fairy tales upside down? What makes this book a satire under the pretense of being a fairy tale?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the following themes carried throughout the book:

1. True love.

2. Revenge.

3. The unpredictable side of life.

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