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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Concerning the Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What have the priests discovered about increasing laws against women that force them to be confined at home?
(a) Such actions result in higher suicide rates.
(b) Such actions result in the death of more women.
(c) Such actions result in higher birth rates.
(d) Such actions result in the death of more men.

3. Why does the author call the land he writes about Flatland?
(a) To make it easier to distinguish for readers
(b) Because that is what locals call it
(c) To make it easier for him to write about
(d) Because it is flat

4. What does Hoffman admit Abbott succeeded in defeating?
(a) Space
(b) Boredom
(c) Time
(d) Critics

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the editor say is his first reason for writing the preface?

4. What was Edwin Abbott's occupation?

5. What do upper class women do that lower class women try to imitate?

(see the answer key)

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