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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Fezzik in the middle of Greenland?
(a) His best friend abandons him.
(b) His girlfriend dumps him.
(c) The circus fires him.
(d) He is attacked by a band of thieves.

2. During their sword duel, what do Inigo and the Man in Black discover about each other?
(a) Neither one is left-handed.
(b) Both are looking for the six-fingered man.
(c) Neither one is fond of seafood.
(d) Both are in love with Buttercup.

3. The Man in Black challenges Vizzini to a battle of what?
(a) Speed.
(b) Wits.
(c) Endurance.
(d) Strength.

4. When Buttercup takes Horse out for a ride and ponders her impending marriage, she is approached by whom?
(a) Her parents.
(b) The Count.
(c) A man who looks like the farm boy.
(d) Three strangers.

5. What childhood ideals did the author see slipping away from his life?
(a) Family life and loyalty.
(b) High adventure and true love.
(c) Chivalry and treating others as yourself.
(d) Honesty and integrity.

6. How long do Humperdinck and Buttercup court?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) One week.
(d) Six months.

7. As the kidnappers start climbing the Cliffs of Insanity, what happens to the boat?
(a) It crashes into the rocks and is destroyed.
(b) It's captured by pirates.
(c) It sinks.
(d) It drifts away.

8. When Roberts takes Westley aside to explain that he is not the real Dread Pirate Roberts, what does he say about the original Roberts?
(a) He's been retired for fifteen years.
(b) He never existed.
(c) He died in a hurricane.
(d) He has three wives and twelve children.

9. How old is Buttercup when she is introduced to the people of Florin City?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Thirty.

10. Who fishes Buttercup out of Florin Channel?
(a) The Turk.
(b) The Spaniard.
(c) The pirate.
(d) The Swede.

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

12. When the boat reaches the Cliffs of Insanity, what does the Spaniard note?
(a) Buttercup is missing.
(b) The Count had given different orders.
(c) Someone's following them.
(d) They have no drinking water left.

13. Who is Count Rugen?
(a) Close friend of the farm boy.
(b) Rich man who spies on Humperdinck.
(c) Close friend of Prince Humperdinck.
(d) Rich man who spies on the farm boy.

14. The Prince tells the Count to place the Man in Black where?
(a) Chamber of Darkness.
(b) Throne of Delusions.
(c) Zoo of Death.
(d) Cave of Despair.

15. When Buttercup jumps overboard into Florin Channel, someone tells her that she should beware of what?
(a) Merciless pirates.
(b) Bloodthirsty sharks.
(c) Prince Humperdinck.
(d) Ravenous piranhas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vizzini try to outsmart the Man in Black?

2. What does the Man in Black notice about the Count?

3. How old is Inigo when the six-fingered man kills his father?

4. What did the author realize about the manner in which his relative shared the story with him?

5. What does Buttercup say when Prince Humperdinck demands that she marry him?

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