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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. What is the name of Westley's pirate ship?
(a) Courage.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Red Dread.
(d) Black Pearl.
2. What childhood ideals did the author see slipping away from his life?
(a) Honesty and integrity.
(b) Family life and loyalty.
(c) High adventure and true love.
(d) Chivalry and treating others as yourself.
3. What does Fezzik enjoy doing?
(a) Rhyming.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sailing.
(d) Tormenting others.
4. For years, the author heard The Princess Bride being told in the voice of his what?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Mother.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Father.
5. When Buttercup jumps overboard into Florin Channel, someone tells her that she should beware of what?
(a) Merciless pirates.
(b) Bloodthirsty sharks.
(c) Ravenous piranhas.
(d) Prince Humperdinck.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Inigo when the Sicilian finds him?
2. Discouraged because he can't find his father's murderer, Inigo starts to do what?
3. What happens to Westley's ship off the coast of America?
4. How old is Fezzik when he has his first professional fight?
5. As the kidnappers start climbing the Cliffs of Insanity, what happens to the boat?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Man in Black outsmart and defeat Vizzini?
2. How does Fezzik end up with Vizzini?
3. Why does the six-fingered man kill Domingo Montoya?
4. Describe Inigo's childhood.
5. During a fancy dinner, why does the Prince storm out in a huff shouting that he will not marry Princess Noreena, a dinner guest?
6. How does Fezzik feel when he sees the Man in Black approaching after his fight with Inigo?
7. Why does Buttercup leave Westley and go with Humperdinck outside the Fire Swamp?
8. How does Buttercup try to escape her kidnappers?
9. How does the Man in Black reach the top of the Cliffs of Insanity after Vizzini cuts the rope?
10. Does the author's account of his father reading "The Princess Bride" seem credible to him?
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