Flatland Quiz Questions | Quiz: Introduction to Chapter 1, Of the Nature of Flatland

Quiz: Introduction to Chapter 1, Of the Nature of Flatland

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. What does Hoffman say about the first three dimensions?
a) They are temporal.
b) They are spatial.
c) They are unstable.
d) They are stable.

2. What is the editor's defense of the second objection?
a) That the author was defending children through irony.
b) That the author was writing his true opinion, and has a right to his opinion.
c) That the author was pointing out the danger of religion.
d) That the author was writing as other historians have written.

3. What was Edwin Abbott's field of interest?
a) Science
b) Classics
c) Social Relations
d) Math

4. In what year was Flatland written?
a) 1884
b) 1964 (read more)