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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author tell the reader to do to mimic Flatland?
(a) Place a penny on a table and look at it at eye level.
(b) Place a penny on a table and stand it on one end.
(c) Place a penny on a table.
(d) Place a penny on a table and look at it from above.

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

3. What does Hoffman say about the characters of Flatland?
(a) They are unnecessary.
(b) They are not interesting.
(c) They are well rounded.
(d) They are unbelievable.

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

5. What is the editor's defense of the first objection?
(a) That since thickness cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(b) That since weight cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(c) That since distance cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(d) That since direction cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author call the land he writes about Flatland?

2. What does the "pull" in Flatland represent in Spaceland?

3. Why is this shape of house not allowed?

4. Under what name was Flatland originally published?

5. Who is the editor, in reality, who wrote the Preface?

(see the answer key)

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