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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. When Westley awakens and finds himself chained, what does he hear?
(a) The Prince singing.
(b) The Count laughing.
(c) People screaming.
(d) Animals bellowing.

2. At the castle gate, who is astonished to see Westley alive?
(a) Buttercup.
(b) Humperdinck.
(c) The albino.
(d) Rugen.

3. At the Zoo, how do Fezzik and Inigo get past the green-handled door?
(a) Inigo presses a button with his sword.
(b) Fezzik smashes it down.
(c) They find a secret key.
(d) It opens mysteriously by itself.

4. How does Fezzik get rid of the noisy brute who's trying to trick Inigo?
(a) Bonks him on the head.
(b) Tricks him into thinking the Prince sent for him.
(c) Fights him and wins.
(d) Pushes him off the wall.

5. After the Count knocks the Man in Black unconscious, where does Westley wake up?
(a) Giant underground cave.
(b) Salt mine twelve miles from the castle.
(c) Large secret kitchen.
(d) Prison cell inside the castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Buttercup and Westley pledge to outlive one another?

2. Once Buttercup is married to the Prince and realizes Westley is not coming for her, what does she decide to do?

3. When Fezzik finds Vizzini dead, what does he do?

4. Goldman claims that when he did the abridgment, he discovered what?

5. Inigo and Fezzik give Westley the miracle pill when all of them are where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Goldman's father always ended the book with, "And they lived happily ever after." But Goldman says he has his own theories about what happens after the escape from the castle. What are they?

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

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

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

7. After his reunion with Fezzik, why does Inigo want to find the Man in Black?

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

9. In what way is the miracle pill defective?

10. Why does Miracle Max agree to help Inigo and Fezzik in their attempt to bring their dead friend back to life?

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