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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. To what does the author compare Flatland?
(a) A book
(b) Sandpaper
(c) A piece of paper
(d) A globe

2. What happens to a line as it gets further away in Flatland?
(a) It gets larger.
(b) It gets thicker.
(c) It gets thinner.
(d) It gets smaller.

3. Why is hearing only used on occasion as a recognition method?
(a) Higher classes cannot speak.
(b) All classes sound the same.
(c) Lower classes cannot make sounds.
(d) Lower classes can imitate higher classes.

4. What shape of houses is not allowed?
(a) Pentagon
(b) Circle
(c) Oval
(d) Triangle

5. What two body parts are the same on a woman?
(a) The mouth and the hand
(b) The eye and the hand
(c) The eye and the mouth
(d) The nose and the mouth

Short Answer Questions

1. What can inhabitants of Flatland NOT do?

2. What does A. Square blame for the inhabitants' inability to discern North in the normal way?

3. Why is this shape of house not allowed?

4. What does the editor say is his second reason for writing the preface?

5. What object that helps sight in Spaceland does not exist in Flatland?

(see the answer key)

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