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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Of Our Methods of Recognizing One Another.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the editor say is the first objection to the novel?
(a) That distance should be noted in the novel.
(b) That thickness should be noted in the novel.
(c) That direction should be noted in the novel.
(d) That weight should be noted in the novel.

2. What object that helps sight in Spaceland does not exist in Flatland?
(a) Eyes
(b) Sun
(c) Darkness
(d) Glasses

3. What can men do when women are in their apartments?
(a) Nothing, since they are inaccessible to men.
(b) They can only touch the woman.
(c) They can only speak.
(d) Anything, since the woman won't remember it.

4. The author notes these individuals have a similar experience in Spaceland that helps explain what things look like in Flatland.
(a) Mechanics
(b) Writers
(c) Sailors
(d) Tight rope walkers

5. What is customary for women in upper class homes to do at all times?
(a) Never leave the house
(b) Never speak to their husbands
(c) Never leave their apartments
(d) Face their husbands

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author tell the reader to do to mimic Flatland?

2. From which direction does rain fall?

3. What is the second means of recognition in Flatland?

4. Where are readers assumed to live?

5. What have the priests discovered about increasing laws against women that force them to be confined at home?

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