Inconceivable!
A Unit on the
Princess Bride
By Room 311
Tentative Reading Schedule
This is just a suggested schedule for reading the book. I didn’t include a
schedule for the extension activities, quizzes, or tests because each teacher can
use those in a way that works best for their classroom.
Days 1-2:
*Read Chapter One
*Complete Chapter One questions
*Work on character graph
*HW: Vocabulary
Day 3:
*Read Chapters Two and Three
*Complete Chapter 2 & 3 questions
*Work on character graph
*HW: Vocabulary
Days 4-6:
*Read Chapters Four and Five
*Complete Chapter 4&5 questions
*Work on character graph
*HW: Vocabulary
Days 5-7:
*Read Chapter Six
*Complete Chapter 6 questions
*Work on character graph
*HW: Vocabulary
Days 8-10:
*Read Chapters Seven and Eight
*Complete Chapter 7&8 questions
*Finish character graph
*HW: Vocabulary
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The Princess Bride
Chapters 1-3 Questions
Name________ ___________________
1. Who was the most beautiful woman in the world the year that Buttercup was born?
2. What 2 things did Buttercup like to do more than any other?
1.
2.
3. What was the horse’s name?
4. What was the only response the farm boy ever made to her?
5. In what country did they live?
6. Who ran the country in place of the king?
7. Who came to the farm to meet Buttercup?
8. How did Buttercup feel about the Countess’s attention to Westley?
9. What did this cause Buttercup to do?
10. What is his response to her?
11. What does Westley finally tell her?
12. What does Buttercup learn about Westley’s fate?
13. What is his greatest love?
14. Where does he keep the animals that he likes to hunt?
15, What upsets him about his father dying? .
16. Who does the king feel that the prince should marry and why?
.
17. Why does the prince conclude he can’t marry her?
18. Who does Count Rugen suggest that Prince Humperdinck marry?
19. Why does Buttercup agree to marry him?
20. How does Humperdinck feel about Buttercup saying she won’t love him?
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IN-DEPTH
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CHARACTER BUBBLES SHARING IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT THE
CHARACTERS. THINGS YOU COULD INCLUDE COULD BE: APPEARANCE, MOTIVATION, EMOTION,
CONFLICTS, OR RELATIONSHIPS. YOU NEED AT LEAST 4 ITEMS PER BOX.
BUTTERCUP
HUMPERDINCK
WESTLEY
RUGEN
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The Princess Bride
Chapters 4-5 Questions
Name________ ___________________
1. What was surprising about chapter 4 to William Goldman?
2. What was chapter 4 about?
3. What title was Buttercup given?
4. How much time passed in chapter 4?
5. What the names of the 3 men who kidnap Buttercup?
1.
2.
3.
6. What was the reason they had for kidnapping her?
7. How does she try to escape?
8. What does Inigo notice behind their boat?
9. How do they attempt to get away?
10. What word does Vizzini utter multiple times in relation to the man in black?
11. What happened to the man in black when they cut the rope?
12. What the three most important things we learn about Inigo via his flashback?
1.
2.
3.
13. Who wins the duel between the man in black and Inigo?
14. What are 3 important things we learn about Fezzik via his flashback?
1.
2.
3.
15. Who wins the match between the man in black and Fezzik?
16. How does Vizzini try to best the man in black?
17. Who wins?
18. Who is the man in black?
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IN-DEPTH
CREATE A MAP THAT DETAILS WESTLEY AND BUTTERCUP’S ESCAPE THROUGH THE FIRE SWAMP.
BE SURE TO INCLUDE IMPORTANT PLOT DETAILS ON THE MAP AS THEY COME UP. BE SURE TO
INCLUDE 3 SIGNIFICANT QUOTES AND 3 IMPORTANT PLOT POINTS ON THE MAP.
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The Princess Bride
Chapters 6 Questions
Name_______________________
1. What does Inigio do when he awakens?
2. Where is the beginning?
3. Where does Fezzik go after he awakens?
4. Where is Westley?
5. Why did the nightmares upset Goldman as a child?
6. What does Humperdinck tell Buttercup to do when she informs him that she can’t marry him?
7. What is he planning to do to Buttercup?
8. What is Rugen doing with his machine?
9. Who does Humperdinck have empty the Thieves Quarter?
10. Why is Yellin having a difficult time?
11. Who nurses Inigo back to health?
12. Who does Inigo think will help him get revenge against the 6 fingered man?
13. What does Humperdinck do when Buttercup confronts him about lying?
14. Who hears Westley’s screams?
15. Where does Fezzik and Inigo end up at the end of chapter six?
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IN-DEPTH
COMPOSE THE LETTER THAT BUTTERCUP WROTE TO WESTLEY TO CONVINCE HIM TO COME
BACK TO HER.
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The Princess Bride
Chapters 7-8 Questions
Name_______KEY________________
1. What initially shocks Fezzik and Inigo about the entrance?
2. How many levels is the Zoo of Death?
3. Which animal was Fezzik’s greatest fear?
4. What deadly creature is on the doorknob?
5. What is Westley’s state when they find him?
6. Where do Fezzik and Inigo take Westley?
7. What reason did Westley have for coming back?
8. How long with the pill lasts that brings Westley back to life?
9. What does Inigo say the three men have for stopping the wedding?
10. How does Fezzik scare away the guards?
11. Who is the 6 fingered man?
12. Who halts Buttercup’s suicide attempt?
13. Who is injured in chapter 8?
14. Who rescues the group at the vey end?
15. What 4 problems befell the heroes as they rode away?
1.
2.
3.
4.
16. According to the author, do they have a happy ending?
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IN-DEPTH
WRITE A REVIEW OF THE NOVEL. INCLUDE WHAT YOU LIKED, DIDN’T LIKE, WHAT YOU WOULD
CHANGE, AND WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS AND WHY.
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The Princess Bride
Chapters 1-3 Questions
Name_________KEY___________________
1. Who was the most beautiful woman in the world the year that Buttercup was born? ANNETTE (A FRENCH
SCULLERY MAID)
2. What 2 things did Buttercup like to do more than any other?
1. TAUNT THE FARM BOY
2. RIDE HER HORSE
3. What was the horse’s name? HORSE
4. What was the only response the farm boy ever made to her? AS YOU WISH
5. In what country did they live? FLORIN
6. Who ran the country in place of the king? PRINCE HUMPERDINK
7. Who came to the farm to meet Buttercup? THE COUNT AND COUNTESS
8. How did Buttercup feel about the Countess’s attention to Westley? SHE WAS EXTREMELY JEALOUS
9. What did this cause Buttercup to do? SHE STAYED UP ALL NIGHT THINKING ABOUT AND FINALLY SHE
GOES TO WESTLEY AND CONFESSES HER LOVE FOR HIM.
10. What is his response to her? HE SLAMS THE DOOR IN HER FACE.
11. What does Westley finally tell her? THAT HE LOVES AND IS GOING TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE IN
AMERICA.
12. What does Buttercup learn about Westley’s fate? HE IS KILLED BY PIRATES.
13. What is his greatest love? HUNTING
14. Where does he keep the animals that he likes to hunt? THE ZOO OF DEATH
15, What upsets him about his father dying? IT MEANS HE HAS TO GET MARRIED.
16. Who does the king feel that the prince should marry and why? PRINCESS NOREENA FROM GUILDER. TO
BROKER PEACE/FORM AN ALLIANCE.
17. Why does the prince conclude he can’t marry her? SHE IS BALD AND NOT BEAUTIFUL.
18. Who does Count Rugen suggest that Prince Humperdinck marry? BUTTERCUP
19. Why does Buttercup agree to marry him? HE THREATENS TO KILL HER IF SHE DOESN’T.
20. How does Humperdinck feel about Buttercup saying she won’t love him? HE IS FINE WITH IT.
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IN-DEPTH
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CHARACTER BUBBLES SHARING IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT THE
CHARACTERS. THINGS YOU COULD INCLUDE COULD BE: APPEARANCE, MOTIVATION, EMOTION,
CONFLICTS, OR RELATIONSHIPS. YOU NEED AT LEAST 4 ITEMS PER BOX.
WESTLEY
BUTTERCUP
ANSWERS
VARY
HUMPERDINCK
RUGEN
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The Princess Bride
Chapters 4-5 Questions
Name_________KEY___________________
1. What was surprising about chapter 4 to William Goldman? HE DIDN’T KNOW IT EXISTED BECAUSE HIS
FATHER NEVER READ IT.
2. What was chapter 4 about? PREPARATIONS FOR THE WEDDING
3. What title was Buttercup given? PRINCESS OF HAMMERSMITH
4. How much time passed in chapter 4? THREE YEARS
5. What the names of the 3 men who kidnap Buttercup?
1. INIGO MONTOYA
2. FEZZIK
3. VIZZINI
6. What was the reason they had for kidnapping her? TO KILL HER TO START A WAR BETWEEN FLORIN AND
GUILDER
7. How does she try to escape? SHE JUMPS INTO A SHARK-INFESTED SEA.
8. What does Inigo notice behind their boat? A SHIP WITH BLACK SAILS FOLLOWING THEM
9. How do they attempt to get away? THEY SCALE THE CLIFFS OF INSANITY
10. What word does Vizzini utter multiple times in relation to the man in black? INCONCEIVEABLE
11. What happened to the man in black when they cut the rope? HE DIDN’T FALL, INSTEAD HE STARTED
CLIMBING THE CLIFFS BY HAND.
12. What the three most important things we learn about Inigo via his flashback?
1. HIS FATHER WAS KILLED BY A 6 FINGERED MAN.
2. HE BECOMES ONE OF THE GREATEST FENCERS IN THE WORLD.
3. HE HAS BECOME A DRUNK OVER HIS INABILITY TO FIND HIS FATHER’S KILLER.
13. Who wins the duel between the man in black and Inigo? THE MAN IN BLACK
14. What are 3 important things we learn about Fezzik via his flashback?
1. HE IS EXTREMELY STRONG, ABLE TO BEST ENTIRE GANGES
2. VIZZINI FOUND HIM IN GREENLAND WHERE HE WAS LONELY AND ALONE.
3. HE COMFORTS HIMSELF BY SAYING RHYMES
15. Who wins the match between the man in black and Fezzik? THE MAN IN BLACK
16. How does Vizzini try to best the man in black? BY USING HIS BRAINS/THROUGH A BATTLE OF WITS
17. Who wins? THE MAN IN BLACK
18. Who is the man in black? WESTLEY
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IN-DEPTH
CREATE A MAP THAT DETAILS WESTLEY AND BUTTERCUP’S ESCAPE THROUGH THE FIRE SWAMP.
BE SURE TO INCLUDE IMPORTANT PLOT DETAILS ON THE MAP AS THEY COME UP. BE SURE TO
INCLUDE 3 SIGNIFICANT QUOTES AND 3 IMPORTANT PLOT POINTS ON THE MAP.
ANSWERS VARY
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The Princess Bride
Chapters 6 Questions
Name_________KEY___________________
1. What does Inigio do when he awakens? HE KNOWS HE MUST GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
2. Where is the beginning? THIEVES QUARTER
3. Where does Fezzik go after he awakens? A CAVE
4. Where is Westley? IN THE ZOO OF DEATH
5. Why did the nightmares upset Goldman as a child? BECAUSE HE LEARNED THAT LIFE IS NOT FAIR.
6. What does Humperdinck tell Buttercup to do when she informs him that she can’t marry him? TO WRITE A
LETTER AND HE WILL SEND THE LETTER VIA HIS 4 FASTEST SHIPS TO FIND WESTLEY.
7. What is he planning to do to Buttercup? STRANGLE HER ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT IN ORDER TO
START A WAR WITH GUILDER.
8. What is Rugen doing with his machine? TORTURING WESTLEY, LEARNING ABOUT PAIN
9. Who does Humperdinck have empty the Thieves Quarter? YELLIN WHO FORMS A BRUTE SQUAD
10. Why is Yellin having a difficult time? A DRUNK SPANIARD IS THREATENING THE BRUTE SQUAD
11. Who nurses Inigo back to health? FEZZIK
12. Who does Inigo think will help him get revenge against the 6 fingered man? THE MAN IN BLACK/WESTLEY
13. What does Humperdinck do when Buttercup confronts him about lying? GOES TO KILL WESTLEY
14. Who hears Westley’s screams? EVERYONE IN FLORIN CITY/FEZZIK & INIGO
15. Where does Fezzik and Inigo end up at the end of chapter six? THE ENTRANCE TO THE ZOO OF DEATH
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IN-DEPTH
COMPOSE THE LETTER THAT BUTTERCUP WROTE TO WESTLEY TO CONVINCE HIM TO COME
BACK TO HER.
ANSWERS VARY
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The Princess Bride
Chapters 7-8 Questions
Name_______KEY________________
1. What initially shocks Fezzik and Inigo about the entrance? IT IS UNLOCKED
2. How many levels is the Zoo of Death? 5
3. Which animal was Fezzik’s greatest fear? KING BATS
4. What deadly creature is on the doorknob? GREEN SPECKLED RECLUSE
5. What is Westley’s state when they find him? HE IS DEAD.
6. Where do Fezzik and Inigo take Westley? TO MIRACLE MAX
7. What reason did Westley have for coming back? TRUE LOVE
8. How long with the pill lasts that brings Westley back to life? 40 MINUTES RATHER THAN AN HOUR
9. What does Inigo say the three men have for stopping the wedding? WESTLEY’S BRAINS, FEZZIK’S BRAWN,
AND INIGO’S STEEL
10. How does Fezzik scare away the guards? HE IS BEING WHEELED TOWARDS THE GATE WHILE
WEARING A HOLOCAUST CLOAK AND ON FIRE. HE IS SCREAMING THAT HE IS THE DREAD PIRATE
ROBERTS.
11. Who is the 6 fingered man? COUNT RUGEN
12. Who halts Buttercup’s suicide attempt? WESTLEY
13. Who is injured in chapter 8? INIGO
14. Who rescues the group at the vey end? BUTTERCUP DEMANDS THAT AS QUEEN THE BRUTE SQUAD
NEEDED TO GO AND ATTEND TO HUMPERDINCK
15. What 4 problems befell the heroes as they rode away?
1. BUTTERCUP’S HORSE THREW A SHOE
2. INIGO’S WOUNDS REOPENED
3. WESLEY COLLAPSED
4. FEZZIK TOOK A WRONG TURN
16. According to the author, do they have a happy ending? IT WAS MOSTLY HAPPILY EVER AFTER
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IN-DEPTH
WRITE A REVIEW OF THE NOVEL. INCLUDE WHAT YOU LIKED, DIDN’T LIKE, WHAT YOU WOULD
CHANGE, AND WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS AND WHY.
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The Bride Vocabulary
Name__________________
Directions: Give the definition as well as a sentence using the word.
1. scullery:
2. bewilderment:
3. fortnight:
4. loathe:
5. antiquity:
6. arbitrary:
7. abridge:
8. courtier:
9. hovel:
10. visage:
11. et cetera:
12. trifle:
13. droll:
14. plait:
15. supplication:
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The Groom/The Courtship Vocabulary
Name__________________
Directions: Give the definition as well as a sentence using the word.
1. excision:
2. narrative:
3. traverse:
4. albino:
5. confidant:
6. ferret:
7. insolvency:
8. satiric:
9. satire:
10. discrepancy:
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The Announcement Vocabulary
Name__________________
Directions: Give the definition as well as a sentence using the word.
1. awhirl:
2. nimble:
3. jaunt:
4. inconceivable:
5. shroud:
6. ascension:
7. caliber:
8. crotchety:
9. quibble:
10. haggle:
11. guile:
12. accompaniment:
13. tactic:
14. parry:
15. riposte:
16. feint:
17. impasse:
18. chicanery:
19. knave:
20. vulpine:
21. hoarfrost:
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22. expository:
23. qualm:
24. quirk:
25. standoffish:
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The Festivities Vocabulary
Name__________________
Directions: Write both the definition and a sentence for each.
1. titan:
2. vulgar:
3. erasure:
4. curtail:
5. feculence:
6. spiel:
7. epochal:
8. invigorate:
9. privy:
10. adverse:
11. infiltrate:
12. dulcet:
13. foil:
14. conglomeration:
15. posterity:
16. foray:
17. roust:
18. pyre:
19. trifle:
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The Wedding and The Honeymoon Vocabulary
Name______________
Directions: Write both the definition and a sentence for each.
1. pinion:
2. skewer:
3. fiend:
4. gnash:
5. bellows:
6. galore:
7. holocaust:
8. anachronistic:
9. contingency:
10. swarthy:
11. reverberate:
12. imperious:
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CHOOSE ONE CHARACTER FROM THE NOVEL TO FILL THIS OUT ON.
NAME_____________
Character Name:
Physical Description:
Main Relationships:
Character
Struggles:
Adversary:
Main Source of
Conflict:
Character
needs/wants/desires:
Character
Strengths:
Character
Weaknesses:
Other Important Information for
this Character:
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DIRECTIONS: FILL THIS GRAPH
OUT ON THE NOVEL.
Climax:
NAME________________
Main Plot Points:
1.
2.
3.
Starting
Action:
Resolution:
Characters:
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Character Outline
Name_____________________________
Using the novel as your guide, complete this picture of one of the characters. Use color and be sure to be neat.
QUOTE:
BELIEFS:
RELATIONSHIPS:
:
ACTIONS::
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The Novel and Conflict
Name________________________________
Give an example for each of the different forms of literary conflict. Give specific examples for each.
MAN V MAN
MAN V SOCIETY
MAN V SELF
MAN V NATURE
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The Adventurer’s Journal
Objective: You will be creating a journal for one of the
characters from the novel.
Directions:
1. Choose one of the characters
2. Each character had their own quest, you are
going to imagine that you are that character,
you will write 5 journal entries for that
character.
3. Each entry should be consistent with that
character’s behavior, desires, will, and quest.
Your grade will be based upon the following:
1. Five written journal entries
50pts
2. Entries written from the character’s
Perspective
25pts
3. Drawings and quotes to highlight the
Journal
25pts
4. Creativity
25pts
5. Writing Mechanics
25pts
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150pts.
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The Adventurer’s Journal Grading
Rubric
Name_________________________
Grade_______________________
CATEGORY
TEACHER
COMMENTS
POINTS
Five written
journal
entries
/50
Entries written
from the
character’s
Perspective
/25
Drawings and
quotes to
highlight the
Journal
/25
Creativity
/25
Writing
Mechanics
/25
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Day One:
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Day Two:
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Day Three:
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Day Four:
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NAME_________________
CHARACTER GRAPH
Include page numbers.
CHARACTER
DESCRIPTION
EVENT
QUOTE
ACTIONS
OTHER
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CHARACTER
DESCRIPTION
EVENT
QUOTE
ACTIONS
OTHER
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The Princess Bride Encyclopedia Entry
Name____________________
Directions: Using the character graph, the novel and other assignments, choose one of the characters
from the novel to create an encyclopedia entry. Be sure to include important quotes, events, and
pictures relevant to the character.
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Group Project
Objective: With your partners, you will be completing one of the following
activities.
1. Role Play
1. Choose a scene from the novel
2. Write the scene out in script-format
3. Act the scene out for class. Lines need to be memorized.
2. Board Game
1. Develop a board game based upon the novel.
2. Create rules and a board for your game.
3. Find people not in your group to play and review your game.
3. Model or Map
1. Create a model or Map of Florin, Guilder or the Zoo of Death
2. Mark important locations from the book on your model
3. Label and explain important events; tell the class about the
model/map.
4. Newspaper/Magazine
1. Create a newspaper or magazine around the events of the novel
2. Include stories, puzzles, ads, pictures, and biographies to fill your
newspaper or magazine
3. Distribute copies for each person in class
5. Costume Drawings
1. Imagine that you are the costume designers for a movie based on the
novel. Draw and color the costumes you think each character would
wear. You may not use pictures from the actual movie.
2. Write a paragraph explaining the emotional state of each character
3. Each person in the group should dress like a character and explain
their motivation to class.
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GROUP PROJECT GRADING RUBRIC
NAMES______________________________________________
CATEGORY
TEACHER COMMENTS
1
2
3
4
STUDENTS WORKED
COOPERATIVELY
TOGETHER.
PROJECT WAS NEAT
AND THOROUGH.
PROJECTS WERE
PRESENTED IN
APPROPRIATE
MANNER AS
ASSIGNED.
PROJECTS WERE
CREATIVE AND
INTERESTING.
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Fairy Tale Update
Objective:
You are modernizing the fairy tale you read in class.
Requirements:
1. Must be 3 pages front and back, double-spaced
2. Must keep the important elements to the story
àfor example, if you were doing Goldilocks and the 3 Bears,
you would need to have a girl who entered the house of
some
complete strangers and tried out all of their stuff.
3. Be sure to follow the plot of the story, but with a modern
twist
àfor example, maybe Goldie is a thief, and she’s looking to
steal the best television or maybe Goldie is record producer
and the 3
bears are really 3 rappers and she’s testing out
their different
style.
4. You can give a completely different twist to the end if you
want.
àfor example, maybe Goldie was in a “Bachelor” type of
show
and at the end she chooses one of the “bears” to be her
bachelor or
maybe she is a “black widow” looking for her next victim,
and she
kills off the richest of the “bears”.
5. Watch your grammar, punctuation, and your spelling!
These will
count!!
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Short Story Rubric
Student Name___________________
Story Name___________________________________
5pts
3pts
2pts
1pt
Writing Mechanics
Less than 5
5-7 errors
8-10 errors
11-14 errors
Cover
All requirements met
Most requirements met
Some requirements met
Minor Requirements met
Story Guidelines
All requirements met
Most requirements met
Some requirements met
Minor Requirements met
0pts
Category One: Basics
Category Two: Story
Creativity
Update on the fairy tale
Teacher Comments:
Final Grade:
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The Princess Bride Questions
Name___________________
List the 8 most important events that occur (in your opinion) in the order they happened.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Describe each of these people: (not just physically, but emotionally, intellectually…)
Buttercup:
Westley:
Prince Humperdinck:
Inigo:
Fezzik:
Vizzini:
Describe the lengths that Westley goes to in order to save Buttercup.
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Do you think true love like Westley and Buttercup share is possible? Why or why not?
Of the following, whose cause do you think is most noble? And is the manner in which they go about it
honorable? Why? Why not?
Westley’s coming back for Buttercup
Inigo’s quest to avenge his father
Prince Humperdinck’s desire to rule Florin
Fezzik’s desire for friendship
So far, what event in the novel did you find most exciting or interesting? Why?
What is your opinion of the author interruptions?
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Book Club Activity
Teacher Guide
Objective: To give the students an opportunity to discuss the novel in a fun and engaging way, to increase
their enjoyment of the book, and to discuss elements within the novel.
Directions:
1. Break the class into smaller groups of 4-6. The students will stay within their group for
each of the 3 book club activities.
2. Hold a classroom book club over three different class days. You could do this all in one
week or you could spread this out over a period of three weeks. I would suggest these
activities after the reading of the book has been completed or nearly completed.
3. Grading will be based on student participation.
Book Club #1: Character Role-Play
1. Have students choose a character from the novel to represent. One student should play the
role of moderator.
2. The moderator is in charge of asking the assigned questions and facilitating discussion.
3. Students respond to the moderator as the character they were assigned.
Book Club #2: Novel Discussion
1. Pass out questions to the students. Each student should ask at least one of the questions
2. In this discussion, students will discuss events that happened in the course of the novel.
Book Club #3: In-Depth Discussion
1. Pass out questions to the students. Each student should ask at least one of the questions
2. In this discussion, students will discuss the their opinions and feelings towards the novel.
Book Club #4: Author Meet and Greet
1. Choose one student to portray the author. Students may need to take extra time to learn
more about the author and the origins of the book. Conversely, you could portray the part of
the author.
2. Students create questions to ask the “author” about the book. Discussion revolves around
the questions the students create.
Room Set-up:
To create a book club atmosphere, try one or more of the following:
*set chairs up in a circle
*move to a setting with couches or bring pillows in for the students to sit on during the
discussion
*provide snacks or have the students bring in snacks to enjoy during the discussion
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Book Club Activity
Character Role-Play
Objective: You will be discussing the questions from the novel and answering them as you think the character you
were assigned would answer them.
Direction:
1. Each member of your group should choose one character from the novel to represent. Each
student should represent a DIFFERENT character.
2. One member of your group should take the role of moderator. The moderator will be
responsible for reading the questions and helping the discussion to flow.
3. Discuss the questions from the perspective of the character you are representing.
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Book Club Activity
Character Role-Play Questions
Directions:
1. The moderator should use these questions as a starting point for discussion of the book.
2. Get through as many questions as you can in the assigned time, but this isn’t a race. If you
find good discussion with just 2 or 3 questions, encourage the discussion rather than hurrying
through to the next question.
Questions:
1. What was the defining moment for you (the character) during the course of the book?
2. Who do you think made the biggest impact on you (the character)?
3. If you could change one moment from the novel that you did/said/were involved in, what would you change
and why?
4. What was the most difficult decision you (the character) had to make during the novel? Do you think you made
the right one? Why or why not?
5. What was your defining characteristic?
6. What moment in the novel most shocked you?
7. What do you think will happen to you now that the events of the novel are over?
8. Moderator: pair off the students in your group and then have the pairs discuss their relationship from the novel.
How did the relationship evolve over the course of the book?
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Book Club Activity
Novel Discussion
Objective: You will be discussing the questions from the novel.
Direction:
1. As a group you will be discussing the questions from the novel.
2. You should use the novel for examples and in-depth discussion of the questions.
3. Each person in the group should choose one or two questions to share with the group and
to facilitate discussion around that question.
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Book Club Activity
Novel Discussion Questions
Directions:
1. Each student should choose one or two questions to read.
2. Get through as many questions as you can in the assigned time, but this isn’t a race. If you
find good discussion with just 2 or 3 questions, encourage the discussion rather than
hurrying through to the next question.
*If you choose a question and it says “choose one character”, you as the reader of the
question can choose which character to ask that question about.*
Questions:
1. Chose one character. What does this character want and why can’t they get it?
2. Choose one character. What is this character most afraid of?
3. Choose one character. What do you think was this character’s defining moment in the novel?
4. What do you think would happen to the story if the setting of this novel were different?
5. What was the most unhealthy relationship in the novel? Why was this relationship unhealthy? What do
you think should be done to change the nature of that relationship?
6. What was the most thrilling and exciting moment in the novel?
7. What motivated the main antagonist?
8. If you could change the outcome of one moment in the book, which would you choose? How and why
would you change it?
9. Choose one character:. How was this character viewed by the other characters in the novel?
10. Find your favorite line or moment in the book and share it with everyone else.
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Book Club Activity
In-Depth Discussion
Objective: You will be discussing the novel from a personal perspective.
Direction:
1. As a group you will be discussing the questions from the novel.
2. You should use the novel for examples and in-depth discussion of the questions.
3. Each person in the group should choose one or two questions to share with the group and
to facilitate discussion around that question.
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Book Club Activity
In-Depth Discussion Questions
Directions:
1. Each student should choose one or two questions to read.
2. Get through as many questions as you can in the assigned time, but this isn’t a race. If you
find good discussion with just 2 or 3 questions, encourage the discussion rather than hurrying
through to the next question.
*If you choose a question and it says “choose one character”, you as the reader of the question
can choose which character to ask that question about.*
Questions:
1. Chose one character. Describe the motivations and actions of this character. Do you think his/her actions were
justified based upon their motivations?
2. Choose two characters. How are they alike and how are they different?
3. Who is the most ambitious character in the novel? Why do you think this?
4. Choose one character, who does this character remind you of?
5. If you were writing this novel, what would you change about it?
6. What inspired you most?
7. What made you the most uncomfortable about this novel?
8. What character reminds you of yourself?
9. Which character would be your friend?
10. What is something you want to remember from this book?
11. Would you recommend this book to someone else? Why or why not?
12. Would you read another book by this author? Why or why not?
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Book Club Activity
Author Meet and Greet
Name_______________
Objective: You will be creating questions for our meet and greet.
Direction:
1. Develop 10 questions that you would ask the author. These could be about the novel itself,
about the writing process, the author or any other pertinent topics.
2. You will need to ask at least 2 of your questions during the meet and greet.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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The Bride Quiz (Chapter 1)
Name___________________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ A number of unspecified additional persons or things.
a. et cetera
b. fortnight
c. hovel
d. visage
2. ___ To dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance.
a. arbitrary
b. trifle
c. plait
d. loathe
3. ___ Depending on individual discretion and not fixed by law.
a. abridge
b. arbitrary
c. visage
d. scullery
4. ___ To make humble entreaty.
a. supplication
b. et cetera
c. trifle
d. bewilderment
5. ___ To reduce in scope; diminish.
a. droll
b. abridge
c. antiquity
d. fortnight
6. ___ Having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality.
a. hovel
b. courtier
c. droll
d. bewilderment
7. ___ The face, countenance, or appearance of a person or animal.
a. hovel
b. scullery
c. trifle
d. visage
8. ___ Ancient times.
a. courtier
b. abridge
c. antiquity
d. scullery
9. ___ The state of being confused.
a. droll
b. bewilderment
c. trifle
d. visage
10. ___ To talk in a mocking or jesting manner.
a. droll
b. loathe
c. fortnight
d. trifle
II. Multiple Choice
(2pts each)
11, ___ What name did Buttercup call Westley?
a. Pig Boy
c. Cutie-Pie
12. ___ Who wrote the Princess Bride?
a. William Goldman
c. Michael Crichton
13. ___ Who is the purported author of the book?
a. John Doe
c. S. Morgenstern
b. Farm Boy
d. Hey, You!
b. Agatha Christie
d. Tom Clancy
b. Dena Numerick
d. William Goldman
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14. ___ What did Buttercup achieve by the end of chapter one?
a. She was engaged to Westley.
b. She was the most beautiful woman in the world.
c. She was the most successful milkmaid in town.
d. She was married to Humperdinck.
15. ___ Who discovered Buttercup?
a. Prince Humperdinck.
b. The Dread Pirate Roberts
c. the countess
d. Count Rugen
16. ___ What was the name of Buttercup’s horse?
a. Westley
b. Horse
c. Peanut
d. Boo-boo
17. ___ Who has killed Westley?
a. The Dread Pirate Roberts b. The Dread Pirate Cummerbund
c. Prince Humperdinck
d. The Dread Pirate William
18. ___ Where was Westley sailing to start a better life for him and Buttercup?
a. the Americas
b. Africa
c. Australia
d. Antarctica
19. ___ What did Westley really mean when he said “As you wish.” ?
a. He was hungry.
b. She was beautiful.
c. I love you.
d. Marry me.
20. ___ Who did Buttercup think was after Westley?
a. the countess
b. her mother
c. the milkmaid down the road
d. all three of these
IV. Short Answer (4pts each)
21. Describe Buttercup in 4 adjectives.
1.
2.
3.
4.
22. Describe Westley in 4 adjectives.
1.
2.
3.
4.
23. What did Buttercup promise at the end of the chapter?
24. Describe one of the other most beautiful women in the world and how they lost that status.
25. In 2 sentences, sum up the most important points from the chapter.
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The Bride Quiz (Chapter 1)
Name___________KEY________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ A number of unspecified additional persons or things.
a. et cetera
b. fortnight
c. hovel
d. visage
2. ___ To dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance.
a. arbitrary
b. trifle
c. plait
d. loathe
3. ___ Depending on individual discretion and not fixed by law.
a. abridge
b. arbitrary
c. visage
d. scullery
4. ___ To make humble entreaty.
a. supplication
b. et cetera
c. trifle
d. bewilderment
5. ___ To reduce in scope; diminish.
a. droll
b. abridge
c. antiquity
d. fortnight
6. ___ Having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality.
a. hovel
b. courtier
c. droll
d. bewilderment
7. ___ The face, countenance, or appearance of a person or animal.
a. hovel
b. scullery
c. trifle
d. visage
8. ___ Ancient times.
a. courtier
b. abridge
c. antiquity
d. scullery
9. ___ The state of being confused.
a. droll
b. bewilderment
c. trifle
d. visage
10. ___ To talk in a mocking or jesting manner.
a. droll
b. loathe
c. fortnight
d. trifle
II. Multiple Choice
(2pts each)
11, ___ What name did Buttercup call Westley?
a. Pig Boy
c. Cutie-Pie
12. ___ Who wrote the Princess Bride?
a. William Goldman
c. Michael Crichton
13. ___ Who is the purported author of the book?
a. John Doe
c. S. Morgenstern
b. Farm Boy
d. Hey, You!
b. Agatha Christie
d. Tom Clancy
b. Dena Numerick
d. William Goldman
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14. ___ What did Buttercup achieve by the end of chapter one?
a. She was engaged to Westley.
b. She was the most beautiful woman in the world.
c. She was the most successful milkmaid in town.
d. She was married to Humperdinck.
15. ___ Who discovered Buttercup?
a. Prince Humperdinck.
b. The Dread Pirate Roberts
c. the countess
d. Count Rugen
16. ___ What was the name of Buttercup’s horse?
a. Westley
b. Horse
c. Peanut
d. Boo-boo
17. ___ Who has killed Westley?
a. The Dread Pirate Roberts
b. The Dread Pirate Cummerbund
c. Prince Humperdinck
d. The Dread Pirate William
18. ___ Where was Westley sailing to start a better life for him and Buttercup?
a. the Americas
b. Africa
c. Australia
d. Antarctica
19. ___ What did Westley really mean when he said “As you wish.” ?
a. He was hungry.
b. She was beautiful.
c. I love you.
d. Marry me.
20. ___ Who did Buttercup think was after Westley?
a. the countess
b. her mother
c. the milkmaid down the road
d. all three of these
IV. Short Answer (4pts each)
ANSWERS VARY
21. Describe Buttercup in 4 adjectives.
1.
2.
3.
4.
22. Describe Westley in 4 adjectives.
1.
2.
3.
4.
23. What did Buttercup promise at the end of the chapter?
TO NEVER LOVE AGAIN
24. Describe one of the other most beautiful women in the world and how they lost that status.
25. In 2 sentences, sum up the most important points from the chapter.
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The Princess Bride Quiz 2(Chapter 2 & 3)
Name__________________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ the act of removal
a. excision
b. ferret
c. insolvency
d. confident
2. ___ to search about
a. insolvency
b. discrepancy
c. satire
d. ferret
3. ___ indulging in or given to satire: of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire
a. satire
b. satiric
c. albino
d. narrative
4. ___ the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
a. satire
b. satiric
c. traverse
d. confident
5. ___ to pass or move over, along, or through.
a. albino
b. traverse
c. satire
d. confident
6.___a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary
inability to produce the pigment melanin.
a. excision
b. ferret
c. albino
d. satiric
7.___having strong belief or full assurance; sure:sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own
abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; bold:
a. ferret
b. narrative
c. insolvency
d. confident
8. ___ bankruptcy
a. narrative
b. traverse
c. insolvency
d. excision
9. ___ an instance of difference or inconsistency:
a. albino
b. discrepancy
c. narrative
d. confident
10. ___ a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious
a. excision
b. albino
c. traverse
d. narrative
II. Multiple Choice
(2pts each)
11, ___ Why was the Prince Humperdinck upset about the thought of his father dying?
a. He loved his father very much.
b. He would have to have children.
c. He would have to give up hunting.
d. He would have to get married.
12. ___ Who does the king want the prince to marry?
a. Buttercup
b. Countess Rugen
c. Princess Noreena
d. Prencess Esmerelda
13. ___ Where is she from?
a. Guilder
b. Paris
c. Morgenstern
d. Florin
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14. ___ Why does he decide not to marry her?
a. She has a hump back.
c. She is bald.
15. ___ Who does Count Rugen suggest the prince marry?
a. Buttercup
c. Helga the maid
b. She is ugly.
d. both b and c
b. Princess Patty of Paris
d. no one
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The Princess Bride Quiz 2(Chapter 2 & 3)
Name___________KEY________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ the act of removal
a. excision
b. ferret
c. insolvency
d. confident
2. ___ to search about
a. insolvency
b. discrepancy
c. satire
d. ferret
3. ___ indulging in or given to satire: of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire
a. satire
b. satiric
c. albino
d. narrative
4. ___ the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
a. satire
b. satiric
c. traverse
d. confident
5. ___ to pass or move over, along, or through.
a. albino
b. traverse
c. satire
d. confident
6.___a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary
inability to produce the pigment melanin.
a. excision
b. ferret
c. albino
d. satiric
7.___having strong belief or full assurance; sure:sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own
abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; bold:
a. ferret
b. narrative
c. insolvency
d. confident
8. ___ bankruptcy
a. narrative
b. traverse
c. insolvency
d. excision
9. ___ an instance of difference or inconsistency:
a. albino
b. discrepancy
c. narrative
d. confident
10. ___ a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious
a. excision
b. albino
c. traverse
d. narrative
II. Multiple Choice
(2pts each)
11, ___ Why was the Prince Humperdinck upset about the thought of his father dying?
a. He loved his father very much.
b. He would have to have children.
c. He would have to give up hunting.
d. He would have to get married.
12. ___ Who does the king want the prince to marry?
a. Buttercup
b. Countess Rugen
c. Princess Noreena
d. Prencess Esmerelda
13. ___ Where is she from?
a. Guilder
b. Paris
c. Morgenstern
d. Florin
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14. ___ Why does he decide not to marry her?
a. She has a hump back.
c. She is bald.
15. ___ Who does Count Rugen suggest the prince marry?
a. Buttercup
c. Helga the maid
b. She is ugly.
d. both b and c
b. Princess Patty of Paris
d. no one
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The Princess Bride Quiz 3 (Chapter 4-5)
Name___________________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ The act or procedure of removing by or as if by cutting out.
a. nimble
b. quibble
b. chicanery
d. excision
2. ___ To ward off a weapon or blow.
a. parry
b. riposte
c. feint
d. jaunt
3. ___ A feeling of uneasiness about a point of consciousness or propriety.
a. quirk
b. qualm
c. narrative
d. ferret
4. ___ A tricky deceitful fellow.
a. knave
b. guile
c. chicanery
d. vulpine
5. ___ A deceitful cunning; duplicity.
a. chicanery
b. caliber
c. guile
d. quirk
6. ___ One to whom secrets are entrusted.
a. albino
b. knave
c. standoffish
d. confidant
7. ___ Foxy, crafty.
a. quirk
b. chicanery
c. vulpine
d. ferret
8. ___ A route or way across or over.
a. excision
b. traverse
c. insolvency
d. impasse
9. ___ A predicament involving no obvious escape.
a. traverse
b. discrepancy
c. haggle
d. impasse
10. ___ A mock blow or attack on or toward one part in order to distract attention from the point one really
intends to attack.
a. impasse
b. feint
c. parry
d. riposte
11. ___ A peculiar trait; idiosyncrasy.
a. guile
b. haggle
c. quirk
d. standoffish
12. ___ Impossible to comprehend; unbelievable.
a. quibble
b. discrepancy
c. inconceivable
d. quirk
13. ___ A minor objection or criticism.
a. qualm
b. quirk
c. haggle
d. quibble
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14. ___ Deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry; trickery.
a. vulpine
b. chicanery
c. ferret
b. feint
15. ___ Quick and light in motion.
a. riposte
b. nimble
c. haggle
d. traverse
II. Character Matching (2pts each)
a. Buttercup b. Westley
f. Count Rugen
c. Vizzini
g. Fezzik
d. Inigo
e. Prince Humperdinck
16. ___ Likes to rhyme.
17. ___ Wants to kill the 6 fingered man.
18. ___ Is the 6 fingered man.
19. ___ Suggested that Buttercup would be a good choice of a bride to Humperdinck.
20. ___ Lives to hunt.
21. ___ Is chosen as the prince’s bride.
22. ___ Masquerades as the man in black.
23. ___ Is the greatest swordsman alive.
24. ___ Relies on his strength to live.
25. ___ Considers his intelligence to be unmatched.
III. True or False—correct false answers (2pts each)
26. T
F
27. T
F
28. T
F
29. T
F
30. T
F
Prince Humperdinck built the Hydra Station to house the animals
he would hunt.
__________________________________________
Humperdinck is forced to choose a bride because his father is dying.
__________________________________________
Humperdinck wouldn’t marry Princess Noreena because she had a
humped back.
__________________________________________
Vizzini wanted to make it look as though Buttercup was kidnapped
by soldiers from Florin.
__________________________________________
Inigo was forced to fence the man in black on the Cliffs of Insanity.
__________________________________________
IV. Short Answer (4pts each)
31. Describe 2 obstacles Westley had to go through in order to rescue Buttercup. Include the obstacle and how
he got past it.
1.
2.
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Choose two of the following and give 4 descriptive words for each.
Inigo
Fezzik
Vizzini
32. ________
1.
3.
2.
4.
33. ________
1.
3.
2.
4.
Westley
Prince Humperdinck
34. In 2 sentences, describe Westley and Buttercup’s experience in the Fire Swamp.
35. Why do you think Buttercup returned to Prince Humperdinck in the end?
Extra Credit (1pt each)
1. Where did Vizzini find Fezzik?
2. Where are the scars that the 4 fingered man gave to Inigo?
3. Why did Fezzik have a hard time fighting Westley?
4. What did Westley do that let Buttercup know who he was?
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The Princess Bride Quiz 3 (Chapter 4-5)
Name________KEY___________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ The act or procedure of removing by or as if by cutting out.
a. nimble
b. quibble
b. chicanery
d. excision
2. ___ To ward off a weapon or blow.
a. parry
b. riposte
c. feint
d. jaunt
3. ___ A feeling of uneasiness about a point of consciousness or propriety.
a. quirk
b. qualm
c. narrative
d. ferret
4. ___ A tricky deceitful fellow.
a. knave
b. guile
c. chicanery
d. vulpine
5. ___ A deceitful cunning; duplicity.
a. chicanery
b. caliber
c. guile
d. quirk
6. ___ One to whom secrets are entrusted.
a. albino
b. knave
c. standoffish
d. confidant
7. ___ Foxy, crafty.
a. quirk
b. chicanery
c. vulpine
d. ferret
8. ___ A route or way across or over.
a. excision
b. traverse
c. insolvency
d. impasse
9. ___ A predicament involving no obvious escape.
a. traverse
b. discrepancy
c. haggle
d. impasse
10. ___ A mock blow or attack on or toward one part in order to distract attention from the point one really
intends to attack.
a. impasse
b. feint
c. parry
d. riposte
11. ___ A peculiar trait; idiosyncrasy.
a. guile
b. haggle
c. quirk
d. standoffish
12. ___ Impossible to comprehend; unbelievable.
a. quibble
b. discrepancy
c. inconceivable
d. quirk
13. ___ A minor objection or criticism.
a. qualm
b. quirk
c. haggle
d. quibble
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14. ___ Deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry; trickery.
a. vulpine
b. chicanery
c. ferret
b. feint
15. ___ Quick and light in motion.
a. riposte
b. nimble
c. haggle
d. traverse
II. Character Matching (2pts each)
a. Buttercup b. Westley
f. Count Rugen
c. Vizzini
g. Fezzik
d. Inigo
e. Prince Humperdinck
16. _G__ Likes to rhyme.
17. __D_ Wants to kill the 6 fingered man.
18. __F_ Is the 6 fingered man.
19. _F__ Suggested that Buttercup would be a good choice of a bride to Humperdinck.
20. _E__ Lives to hunt.
21. __A_ Is chosen as the prince’s bride.
22. _B__ Masquerades as the man in black.
23. _D__ Is the greatest swordsman alive.
24. _G__ Relies on his strength to live.
25. _C__ Considers his intelligence to be unmatched.
III. True or False—correct false answers (2pts each)
26. T
F
27. T
F
28. T
F
29. T
F
30. T
F
Prince Humperdinck built the Hydra Station to house the animals
he would hunt.
___________ZOO OF DEATH_______________________________
Humperdinck is forced to choose a bride because his father is dying.
__________________________________________
Humperdinck wouldn’t marry Princess Noreena because she had a
humped back.
________SHE WAS BALD__________________________________
Vizzini wanted to make it look as though Buttercup was kidnapped
by soldiers from Florin.
__________GUILDER________________________________
Inigo was forced to fence the man in black on the Cliffs of Insanity.
__________________________________________
IV. Short Answer (4pts each)
ANSWERS VARY
31. Describe 2 obstacles Westley had to go through in order to rescue Buttercup. Include the obstacle and how
he got past it.
1. ROUS, SNOW SAND, FIRE SWAMP,
2.
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Choose two of the following and give 4 descriptive words for each.
Inigo
Fezzik
Vizzini
32. ________
1.
3.
2.
4.
33. ________
1.
3.
2.
4.
Westley
Prince Humperdinck
34. In 2 sentences, describe Westley and Buttercup’s experience in the Fire Swamp.
35. Why do you think Buttercup returned to Prince Humperdinck in the end?
Extra Credit (1pt each)
1. Where did Vizzini find Fezzik? Greenland
2. Where are the scars that the 6 fingered man gave to Inigo? Cheekbones/face
3. Why did Fezzik have a hard time fighting Westley? He wasn’t used to fighting just one man.
4. What did Westley do that let Buttercup know who he was? Say “As you wish.”
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The Princess Bride Quiz 4 (Chapter 6)
Name______________________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ To express, utter, or describe extravagantly.
a. spiel
c. pyre
2. ___ One that is gigantic in size or power.
a. vulgar
c. titan
3. ___ Unique or highly significant; momentous.
a. privy
c. trifle
4. ___ Foul with impurities; fecal.
a. privy
c. posterity
5. ___ Private; withdrawn; admitted as one sharing a secret.
a. foil
c. trifle
6. ___ Sweet to the taste.
a. dulcet
c. pyre
7. ___ Troops passing through a gap in enemy lines.
a. foil
c. foray
8. ___ To drive (as from bed) roughly or unceremoniously.
a. infiltrate
c. roust
9. ___ Lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste; course; morally crude.
a. feculence
c. conglomeration
10. ___ To make less by cutting off or taking away some part.
a. trifle
c. vulgar
11. ___ Opposed to one’s interests.
a. spiel
c. foray
12. ___ To give life and energy to; animate.
a. posterity
c. invigorate
b. dulcet
d. roust
b. posterity
d. conglomeration
b. epochal
d. feculence
b. feculence
d. invigorate
b. foray
d. privy
b. spiel
d. erasure
b. infiltrate
d. curtail
b. curtail
d. dulcet
b. titan
d. vulgar
b. infiltrate
d. curtail
b. adverse
d. posterity
b. titan
d. epochal
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II.True or False (2pts each)
23. T
24. T
25. T
26. T
27. T
28. T
29. T
30. T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
After awakening on the Cliffs, Inigo went back to the beginning.
Buttercup married Prince Humperdink.
Prince Humperdinck’s father died.
Buttercup suffered from a series of nightmares.
Fezzik decided to join a circus.
Westley escaped from the Zoo of Death.
Prince Humperdinck killed Westley.
Yellin was ordered to clear out the Thieves Quarters.
III. Short Answer (2pts each)
In a sentence, sum up what each of these characters spent chapter 6 doing or what their primary concern
was:
31. Count Rugen:
32. Inigo:
33. Fezzik:
34. Prince Humperdinck:
35. Buttercup:
36. Westley:
IV. Long Answer (10pts)
Create a plot diagram with what happened during chapter 6.
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Extra Credit: (1pt each)
1. Who did Inigo want to find to plan his assault on the castle?
2. How did Count Rugen torture Westley (with what)?
3. At what point in the novel, did the author’s father stop reading and why? (2 possible answers)
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The Princess Bride Quiz 4 (Chapter 6)
Name________KEY______________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ To express, utter, or describe extravagantly.
a. spiel
c. pyre
2. ___ One that is gigantic in size or power.
a. vulgar
c. titan
3. ___ Unique or highly significant; momentous.
a. privy
c. trifle
4. ___ Foul with impurities; fecal.
a. privy
c. posterity
5. ___ Private; withdrawn; admitted as one sharing a secret.
a. foil
c. trifle
6. ___ Sweet to the taste.
a. dulcet
c. pyre
7. ___ Troops passing through a gap in enemy lines.
a. foil
c. foray
8. ___ To drive (as from bed) roughly or unceremoniously.
a . infiltrate
c. roust
9. ___ Lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste; course; morally crude.
a. feculence
c. conglomeration
10. ___ To make less by cutting off or taking away some part.
a. trifle
c. vulgar
11. ___ Opposed to one’s interests.
a. spiel
c. foray
12. ___ To give life and energy to; animate.
a. posterity
c. invigorate
b. dulcet
d. roust
b. posterity
d. conglomeration
b. epochal
d. feculence
b. feculence
d. invigorate
b. foray
d. privy
b. spiel
d. erasure
b. infiltrate
d. curtail
b. curtail
d. dulcet
b. titan
d. vulgar
b. infiltrate
d. curtail
b. adverse
d. posterity
b. titan
d. epochal
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II.True or False (2pts each)
23. T
24. T
25. T
26. T
27. T
28. T
29. T
30. T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
After awakening on the Cliffs, Inigo went back to the beginning.
Buttercup married Prince Humperdink.
Prince Humperdinck’s father died.
Buttercup suffered from a series of nightmares.
Fezzik decided to join a circus.
Westley escaped from the Zoo of Death.
Prince Humperdinck killed Westley.
Yellin was ordered to clear out the Thieves Quarters.
III. Short Answer (2pts each)
ANSWERS VARY
In a sentence, sum up what each of these characters spent chapter 6 doing or what their primary concern
was:
31. Count Rugen:
32. Inigo:
33. Fezzik:
34. Prince Humperdinck:
35. Buttercup:
36. Westley:
IV. Long Answer (10pts)
ANSWERS VARY
Create a plot diagram with what happened during chapter 6.
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Extra Credit: (1pt each)
1. Who did Inigo want to find to plan his assault on the castle? THE MAN IN BLACK
2. How did Count Rugen torture Westley (with what)? THE MACHINE
3. At what point in the novel, did the author’s father stop reading and why? (2 possible answers)
1. WHEN WESTLEY AND BUTTERCUP KISS
2. WHEN WESTLEY DIES
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The Princess Bride Quiz 5 (Chapters 7-8)
Name_________________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ An instrument or machine that by alternate expansion and contraction draws in air through a valve and
expels it through a tube.
a. skewer
b. pinion
c. bellows
d. swarthy
2. ___ A sacrifice consumed by fire; a thorough destruction involving intense loss of life esp. through fire.
a. pinion
b. galore
c. anachronistic
d. holocaust
3. ___ A person of great maliciousness or wickedness.
a. fiend
b. skewer
c. holocaust
d. imperious
4. ___ Reflect; repel; echo.
a. gnash
b. anachronistic
c. reverberate
d. imperious
5. ___ To shackle or restrain.
a. skewer
b. pinion
c. swarthy
d. galore
6. ___ Of a dark color or complexion.
a. holocaust
b. fiend
c. anachronistic
d. swarthy
7. ___ To fasten or pierce with.
a. pinion
b. skewer
c. contingency
d. gnash
8. ___ An event that may not be certain to occur.
a. bellows
b. imperious
c. anachronistic
d. contingency
9. ___ To strike or grind together.
a. gnash
b. bellows
c. skewer
d. swarthy
10. ___ Marked by arrogant assurance.
a. contingency
b. reverberate
c. imperious
d. galore
11. ___ A person or thing that is chronologically out of place.
a. pinion
b. anachronistic
c. reverberate
d. holocaust
12. ___ Abundant, plentiful.
a. swarthy
b. anachronistic
c. skewer
d. galore
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II. Order of Events (2pts each)
Put these in the correct order.
1. ___ Fezzik and Inigo take Westley to Miracle Max.
2. ___ Buttercup contemplates suicide only to be stopped by Westley.
3. ___ Fezzik and Inigo enter the Zoo of Death.
4. ___ Inigo beats Count Rugen in a duel.
5. ___ Westley concocts a plan to break into the castle.
6. ___ Westley, Buttercup, Inigo, and Fezzik escape on the Prince’s horses.
7. ___ Prince Humperdinck and Buttercup “get married”.
8. ___ Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik break into the castle.
9. ___ Fezzik is frozen in fear at the sound of the bats.
10. ___ Fezzik saves Inigo from the green speckled recluse when he broke down the door into the 5th level of
the Zoo of Death.
III. Short Answer
(2pts each)
*List 3 obstacles Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik encountered while trying to storm the castle and how they
overcame each obstacle.
11.
12.
13.
*Choose 2 of these supporting characters and in a sentence or two give what you think is their purpose in the
story.
Valerie
Miracle Max
Count Rugen
The Albino
Yellin
14.
15.
Extra Credit (1pt each)
1. What did Miracle Max claim Valerie’s position was?
2. What did Miracle Max say Westley was saying?
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The Princess Bride Quiz 5 (Chapters 7-8)
Name________KEY_________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ An instrument or machine that by alternate expansion and contraction draws in air through a valve and
expels it through a tube.
a. skewer
b. pinion
c. bellows
d. swarthy
2. ___ A sacrifice consumed by fire; a thorough destruction involving intense loss of life esp. through fire.
a. pinion
b. galore
c. anachronistic
d. holocaust
3. ___ A person of great maliciousness or wickedness.
a. fiend
b. skewer
c. holocaust
d. imperious
4. ___ Reflect; repel; echo.
a. gnash
b. anachronistic
c. reverberate
d. imperious
5. ___ To shackle or restrain.
a. skewer
b. pinion
c. swarthy
d. galore
6. ___ Of a dark color or complexion.
a. holocaust
b. fiend
c. anachronistic
d. swarthy
7. ___ To fasten or pierce with.
a. pinion
b. skewer
c. contingency
d. gnash
8. ___ An event that may not be certain to occur.
a. bellows
b. imperious
c. anachronistic
d. contingency
9. ___ To strike or grind together.
a. gnash
b. bellows
c. skewer
d. swarthy
10. ___ Marked by arrogant assurance.
a. contingency
b. reverberate
c. imperious
d. galore
11. ___ A person or thing that is chronologically out of place.
a. pinion
b. anachronistic
c. reverberate
d. holocaust
12. ___ Abundant, plentiful.
a. swarthy
b. anachronistic
c. skewer
d. galore
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II. Order of Events (2pts each)
Put these in the correct order.
1. _4__ Fezzik and Inigo take Westley to Miracle Max.
2. _9__ Buttercup contemplates suicide only to be stopped by Westley.
3. _1__ Fezzik and Inigo enter the Zoo of Death.
4. __8_ Inigo beats Count Rugen in a duel.
5. _5__ Westley concocts a plan to break into the castle.
6. _10__ Westley, Buttercup, Inigo, and Fezzik escape on the Prince’s horses.
7. __7_ Prince Humperdinck and Buttercup “get married”.
8. _6__ Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik break into the castle.
9. __3_ Fezzik is frozen in fear at the sound of the bats.
10. __2_ Fezzik saves Inigo from the green speckled recluse when he broke down the door into the 5th level of
the Zoo of Death.
III. Short Answer
(2pts each)
ANSWERS VARY
*List 3 obstacles Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik encountered while trying to storm the castle and how they
overcame each obstacle.
11.
12.
13.
*Choose 2 of these supporting characters and in a sentence or two give what you think is their purpose in the
story.
Valerie
Miracle Max
Count Rugen
The Albino
Yellin
14.
15.
Extra Credit (1pt each)
1. What did Miracle Max claim Valerie’s position was? WITCH
2. What did Miracle Max say Westley was saying? TO BLAVE…TO BLUFF
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The Princess Bride Test
Name__________________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ Depending on individual discretion and not fixed by law.
a. abridge
b. arbitrary
c. visage
d. scullery
2. ___ The state of being confused.
a. droll
b. bewilderment
c. trifle
d. visage
3. ___ The act or procedure of removing by or as if by cutting out.
a. nimble
b. quibble
b. chicanery
d. excision
4. ___ A feeling of uneasiness about a point of consciousness or propriety.
a. quirk
b. qualm
c. narrative
d. ferret
5. ___ A tricky deceitful fellow.
a. knave
b. guile
c. chicanery
d. vulpine
6. ___ One to whom secrets are entrusted.
a. albino
b. knave
c. standoffish
d. confidant
7. ___ Foxy, crafty.
a. quirk
b. chicanery
c. vulpine
d. ferret
8. ___ A predicament involving no obvious escape.
a. traverse
b. discrepancy
c. haggle
d. impasse
9. ___ A peculiar trait; idiosyncrasy.
a. guile
b. haggle
c. quirk
d. standoffish
10. ___ A minor objection or criticism.
a. qualm
b. quirk
c. haggle
d. quibble
11. ___ Private; withdrawn; admitted as one sharing a secret.
a. foil
b. foray
c. trifle
d. privy
12. ___ Troops passing through a gap in enemy lines.
a. foil
b. infiltrate
c. foray
d. curtail
13. ___ Opposed to one’s interests.
a. spiel
b. adverse
c. foray
d. posterity
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14. ___ To give life and energy to; animate.
a. posterity
c. invigorate
15. ___ Reflect; repel; echo.
a. gnash
c. reverberate
II. Multiple Choice
b. titan
d. epochal
b. anachronistic
d. imperious
(2pts each)
1. ___ What name did Buttercup call Westley?
a. Pig Boy
c. Cutie-Pie
2. ___ Who wrote the Princess Bride?
a. William Goldman
c. Michael Crichton
3. ___ Who is the purported author of the book?
a. John Doe
c. S. Morgenstern
b. Farm Boy
d. Hey, You!
b. Agatha Christie
d. Tom Clancy
b. Dena Numerick
d. William Goldman
4. ___ What did Buttercup achieve by the end of chapter one?
a. She was engaged to Westley.
b. She was the most beautiful woman in the world.
c. She was the most successful milkmaid in town.
d. She was married to Humperdinck.
5. ___ Who discovered Buttercup?
a. Prince Humperdinck.
b. The Dread Pirate Roberts
c. the countess
d. Count Rugen
6. ___ What was the name of Buttercup’s horse?
a. Westley
b. Horse
c. Peanut
d. Boo-boo
7. ___ Who has killed Westley in chapter one?
a. The Dread Pirate Roberts b. The Dread Pirate Cummerbund
c. Prince Humperdinck
d. The Dread Pirate William
8. ___ Where was Westley sailing to start a better life for him and Buttercup?
a. the Americas
b. Africa
c. Australia
d. Antarctica
9. ___ What did Westley really mean when he said “As you wish.” ?
a. He was hungry.
b. She was beautiful.
c. I love you.
d. Marry me.
10. ___ Who did Buttercup think was after Westley?
a. the countess
b. her mother
c. the milkmaid down the road
d. all three of these’
11. ___ Prince Humperdinck needed to get married because…
a. his father demanded an alliance with Guilder.
b. his father was dying.
c. he was lonely for a wife. d. he was trying to hide his affair with Noreena, the Princess of
Guilder.
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12. ___ Which of these is something Westley and Buttercup encountered in the Fire Swamp?
a. ROUS
b. snow sand
c. falling boulders
d. both a and b
13. ___ Why did Buttercup go with Prince Humperdinck after escaping the Fire Swamp with Westley?
a. She wanted to marry the prince so she could be rich.
b. Prince Humperdinck was holding a sword on her.
c. She wanted to protect Westley from being killed.
d. She realized that she really loved Prince Humperdinck.
14. ___ Who worked with Count Rugen in the Zoo of Death?
a. the Albino
b. Yellin
c. Miracle Max
d. Valerie
15. ___ Which of these planned Buttercup’s initial kidnapping?
a. Inigo
b. Fezzik
c. Count Rugen
d. Vizzini
III. Order of Events (2pts each)
Put these in the correct order.
A.
1. ___ Buttercup declares her love to Westley.
2. ___ Westley is “killed” by pirates.
3. ___ William Goldman tried to find the book for his son.
4. ___ Buttercup tries to escape from her kidnappers by jumping into Florin Channel.
5. ___ Westley and Buttercup run through the Fire Swamp.
6. ___ Prince Humperdinck proposes marriage to Buttercup.
7. ___ The Man in Black outthinks Vizzini.
8. ___ The Man in Black outfights Fezzik.
9. ___ Buttercup is kidnapped by Vizzini, Fezzik, and Inigo.
10. ___ The Man in Black outfights Inigo.
B.
11. ___ Fezzik and Inigo take Westley to Miracle Max.
12. ___ Buttercup contemplates suicide only to be stopped by Westley.
13. ___ Fezzik and Inigo enter the Zoo of Death.
14. ___ Inigo beats Count Rugen in a duel.
15. ___ Westley concocts a plan to break into the castle.
16. ___ Westley, Buttercup, Inigo, and Fezzik escape on the Prince’s horses.
17. ___ Prince Humperdinck and Buttercup “get married”.
18. ___ Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik break into the castle.
19. ___ Fezzik is frozen in fear at the sound of the bats.
20. ___ Fezzik saves Inigo from the green speckled recluse when he broke down the door into the 5th level of the
Zoo of Death.
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IV. True or False—correct false answers (2pts each)
1. T
F
2. T
F
3. T
F
4. T
F
5. T
F
6. T
F
7. T
F
8. T
F
9. T
F
10. T
F
11. T
F
12. T
F
13. T
F
14. T
F
15. T
F
Prince Humperdinck built the Hydra Station to house the animals
he would hunt.
__________________________________________
Inigo wanted revenge on the four toed man for killing his father.
__________________________________________
Humperdinck wouldn’t marry Princess Noreena because she had a
humped back.
__________________________________________
Vizzini wanted to make it look as though Buttercup was kidnapped
by soldiers from Florin.
__________________________________________
Inigo was forced to fence the man in black on the Cliffs of Insanity.
__________________________________________
After awakening on the Cliffs, Inigo went back to the beginning.
__________________________________________
Buttercup married Prince Humperdink after she left the Fire Swamp with
him.
__________________________________________
Prince Humperdinck’s father died.
__________________________________________
Buttercup suffered from a series of nightmares before the wedding.
__________________________________________
Fezzik decided to join the brute squad.
__________________________________________
Westley escaped from the Zoo of Death.
__________________________________________
Prince Humperdinck killed Westely with the machine.
__________________________________________
Yellin was ordered to clear out the Thieves Quarters.
__________________________________________
Fezzik was unable to defeat the Man in Black because he suddenly lost
his strength.
__________________________________________
Fezzik accidentally killed the Albino when Inigo asked him to get info
on the Zoo of Death.
__________________________________________
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V. Short Answer
(4pts each)
*List 3 obstacles Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik encountered while trying to storm the castle and how they
overcame each obstacle.
1.
2.
3.
4. Describe 2 obstacles Westley had to go through in order to rescue Buttercup. Include the obstacle and how
he got past it.
1.
2.
Choose two of the following and give 4 descriptive words for each.
Inigo
Fezzik
Vizzini
Westley
Prince Humperdinck
Buttercup
Rugen
Miracle Max Valerie
5. ________1.
3.
2.
4.
3.
2.
4.
6. ________1.
VI. Long Answer (15pts)
Create a plot diagram with what happened in the novel.
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Extra Credit (1pt each):
1. What is the name of William Goldman’s wife?
2. For what birthday did he want to get his son the book?
3. In what country does the story take place?
4. What did Miracle Max claim Valerie’s position was?
5. What did Miracle Max say Westley was saying?
6. Where did Vizzini find Fezzik?
7. What did Inigo plan on saying to his father’s killer?
8. What did Westley do that let Buttercup know who he was?
9. Who did Inigo want to find to plan his assault on the castle?
10. At what point in the novel, did the author’s father stop reading and why? (2 possible answers)
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The Princess Bride Test
Name________KEY__________
I. Vocabulary (2pts each)
1. ___ Depending on individual discretion and not fixed by law.
a. abridge
b. arbitrary
c. visage
d. scullery
2. ___ The state of being confused.
a. droll
b. bewilderment
c. trifle
d. visage
3. ___ The act or procedure of removing by or as if by cutting out.
a. nimble
b. quibble
b. chicanery
d. excision
4. ___ A feeling of uneasiness about a point of consciousness or propriety.
a. quirk
b. qualm
c. narrative
d. ferret
5. ___ A tricky deceitful fellow.
a. knave
b. guile
c. chicanery
d. vulpine
6. ___ One to whom secrets are entrusted.
a. albino
b. knave
c. standoffish
d. confidant
7. ___ Foxy, crafty.
a. quirk
b. chicanery
c. vulpine
d. ferret
8. ___ A predicament involving no obvious escape.
a. traverse
b. discrepancy
c. haggle
d. impasse
9. ___ A peculiar trait; idiosyncrasy.
a. guile
b. haggle
c. quirk
d. standoffish
10. ___ A minor objection or criticism.
a. qualm
b. quirk
c. haggle
d. quibble
11. ___ Private; withdrawn; admitted as one sharing a secret.
a. foil
b. foray
c. trifle
d. privy
12. ___ Troops passing through a gap in enemy lines.
a. foil
b. infiltrate
c. foray
d. curtail
13. ___ Opposed to one’s interests.
a. spiel
b. adverse
c. foray
d. posterity
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14. ___ To give life and energy to; animate.
a. posterity
c. invigorate
15. ___ Reflect; repel; echo.
a. gnash
c. reverberate
II. Multiple Choice
b. titan
d. epochal
b. anachronistic
d. imperious
(2pts each)
1. ___ What name did Buttercup call Westley?
a. Pig Boy
c. Cutie-Pie
2. ___ Who wrote the Princess Bride?
a. William Goldman
c. Michael Crichton
3. ___ Who is the purported author of the book?
a. John Doe
c. S. Morgenstern
b. Farm Boy
d. Hey, You!
b. Agatha Christie
d. Tom Clancy
b. Dena Numerick
d. William Goldman
4. ___ What did Buttercup achieve by the end of chapter one?
a. She was engaged to Westley.
b. She was the most beautiful woman in the world.
c. She was the most successful milkmaid in town.
d. She was married to Humperdinck.
5. ___ Who discovered Buttercup?
a. Prince Humperdinck.
b. The Dread Pirate Roberts
c. the countess
d. Count Rugen
6. ___ What was the name of Buttercup’s horse?
a. Westley
b. Horse
c. Peanut
d. Boo-boo
7. ___ Who has killed Westley in chapter one?
a. The Dread Pirate Roberts
b. The Dread Pirate Cummerbund
c. Prince Humperdinck
d. The Dread Pirate William
8. ___ Where was Westley sailing to start a better life for him and Buttercup?
a. the Americas
b. Africa
c. Australia
d. Antarctica
9. ___ What did Westley really mean when he said “As you wish.” ?
a. He was hungry.
b. She was beautiful.
c. I love you.
d. Marry me.
10. ___ Who did Buttercup think was after Westley?
a. the countess
b. her mother
c. the milkmaid down the road
d. all three of these’
11. ___ Prince Humperdinck needed to get married because…
a. his father demanded an alliance with Guilder.
b. his father was dying.
c. he was lonely for a wife
d. he was trying to hide his affair with Noreena, the Princess of Guilder.
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12. ___ Which of these is something Westley and Buttercup encountered in the Fire Swamp?
a. ROUS
b. snow sand
c. falling boulders
d. both a and b
13. ___ Why did Buttercup go with Prince Humperdinck after escaping the Fire Swamp with Westley?
a. She wanted to marry the prince so she could be rich.
b. Prince Humperdinck was holding a sword on her.
c. She wanted to protect Westley from being killed.
d. She realized that she really loved Prince Humperdinck.
14. ___ Who worked with Count Rugen in the Zoo of Death?
a. the Albino
b. Yellin
c. Miracle Max
d. Valerie
15. ___ Which of these planned Buttercup’s initial kidnapping?
a. Inigo
b. Fezzik
c. Count Rugen
d. Vizzini
III. Order of Events (2pts each)
Put these in the correct order.
A.
1. __2_ Buttercup declares her love to Westley.
2. _3__ Westley is “killed” by pirates.
3. _1__ William Goldman tried to find the book for his son.
4. _6__ Buttercup tries to escape from her kidnappers by jumping into Florin Channel.
5. _10__ Westley and Buttercup run through the Fire Swamp.
6. _4__ Prince Humperdinck proposes marriage to Buttercup.
7. _9__ The Man in Black outthinks Vizzini.
8. _8__ The Man in Black outfights Fezzik.
9. __5_ Buttercup is kidnapped by Vizzini, Fezzik, and Inigo.
10. _7__ The Man in Black outfights Inigo.
B.
1. _4__ Fezzik and Inigo take Westley to Miracle Max.
2. _9__ Buttercup contemplates suicide only to be stopped by Westley.
3. _1__ Fezzik and Inigo enter the Zoo of Death.
4. __8_ Inigo beats Count Rugen in a duel.
5. _5__ Westley concocts a plan to break into the castle.
6. _10__ Westley, Buttercup, Inigo, and Fezzik escape on the Prince’s horses.
7. __7_ Prince Humperdinck and Buttercup “get married”.
8. _6__ Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik break into the castle.
9. __3_ Fezzik is frozen in fear at the sound of the bats.
10. __2_ Fezzik saves Inigo from the green speckled recluse when he broke down the door into the 5th level of the
Zoo of Death.
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IV. True or False—correct false answers (2pts each)
1. T
F
2. T
F
3. T
F
4. T
F
5. T
F
6. T
F
7. T
F
8. T
F
9. T
F
10. T
F
11. T
F
12. T
F
13. T
F
14. T
F
15. T
F
Prince Humperdinck built the Hydra Station to house the animals
he would hunt.
_______ZOO OF DEATH___________________________________
Inigo wanted revenge on the four toed man for killing his father.
______6 FINGERED MAN____________________________________
Humperdinck wouldn’t marry Princess Noreena because she had a
humped back.
_____BALD_____________________________________
Vizzini wanted to make it look as though Buttercup was kidnapped
by soldiers from Florin.
____________GUILDER______________________________
Inigo was forced to fence the man in black on the Cliffs of Insanity.
__________________________________________
After awakening on the Cliffs, Inigo went back to the beginning.
__________________________________________
Buttercup married Prince Humperdink after she left the Fire Swamp with
him.
_________AGREED TO MARRY HIM_________________________________
Prince Humperdinck’s father died.
____________DID NOT DIE______________________________
Buttercup suffered from a series of nightmares before the wedding.
__________________________________________
Fezzik decided to join the brute squad.
__________________________________________
Westley escaped from the Zoo of Death.
______DIED THERE OR ESCAPED THE FIRE SWAMP________
Prince Humperdinck killed Westely with the machine.
__________________________________________
Yellin was ordered to clear out the Thieves Quarters.
__________________________________________
Fezzik was unable to defeat the Man in Black because he suddenly lost
his strength.
____FORGOT HOW TO FIGHT JUST ONE MAN_______________
Fezzik accidentally killed the Albino when Inigo asked him to get info
on the Zoo of Death.
__________________________________________
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V. Short Answer
(4pts each) ANSWERS VARY
*List 3 obstacles Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik encountered while trying to storm the castle and how they
overcame each obstacle.
1.
2.
3.
4. Describe 2 obstacles Westley had to go through in order to rescue Buttercup. Include the obstacle and how
he got past it.
1.
2.
Choose two of the following and give 4 descriptive words for each.
Inigo
Fezzik
Vizzini
Westley
Prince Humperdinck
Buttercup
Rugen
Miracle Max Valerie
5. ________1.
3.
2.
4.
3.
2.
4.
6. ________1.
VI. Long Answer (15pts)
Create a plot diagram with what happened in the novel.
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Extra Credit (1pt each):
1. What is the name of William Goldman’s wife? HELEN
2. For what birthday did he want to get his son the book? 10TH
3. In what country does the story take place? FLORIN
4. What did Miracle Max claim Valerie’s position was? WITCH
5. What did Miracle Max say Westley was saying? TO BLAVE OR BLUFF
6. Where did Vizzini find Fezzik? GREENLAND
7. What did Inigo plan on saying to his father’s killer? YOU KILLED MY FATHER, PREPARE TO DIE.
8. What did Westley do that let Buttercup know who he was? SAY “AS YOU WISH”.
9. Who did Inigo want to find to plan his assault on the castle? THE MAN IN BLACK
10. At what point in the novel, did the author’s father stop reading and why? (2 possible answers)
1. WHEN WESTLEY AND BUTTERCUP KISS
2. WHEN WESTLEY DIES
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