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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. How does Inigo recognize the tortured scream as coming from the Man in Black?

2. Who does the Prince plan to frame after killing Buttercup?

3. When Yellin refuses to give up the gate key, Fezzik threatens to do what?

4. Why does Buttercup tell Humperdinck that if she must marry him, she will surely be dead by morning?

5. When Westley tries to find out where he is, the albino does what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Following her wedding to Humperdinck, what does Buttercup decide to do?

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

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

4. What happens after Inigo and Fezzik give Westley the miracle pill?

5. What is the Machine?

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

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

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

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

10. Summarize the deadly battle between Inigo Montoya and Count Rugen.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the actual author, William Goldman, creates a fictitious author, S. Morgenstern, for "The Princess Bride", trying to pass him off as the real author.

1. How does this narrative device present opportunities for Goldman to take creative liberties with the story?

2. What tools and techniques does the author use to make his premise of another author believable?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Unlikely friendships develop as the plot thickens. Discuss how unlikely alliances are shaped based on the following:

1. Personal need.

2. Mutual respect or admiration.

3. Genuine, selfless love.

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