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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Of the Universal Color Bill.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shape are women?
(a) Straight lines
(b) Equilateral triangles
(c) Circles
(d) Squares

2. What was one benefit to having color?
(a) Being more attractive
(b) Immediate recognition
(c) More stable relationships
(d) A brighter home

3. What is a man expected to do when meeting a woman on the street?
(a) Allow her to pass to the East.
(b) Allow her to pass to the South.
(c) Allow her to pass to the North.
(d) Allow her to pass to the West.

4. Why are there no windows in houses of Flatland?
(a) Because light comes only from inside houses.
(b) Because light doesn't exist inside.
(c) Because light is always present and constant.
(d) Because light comes from the South.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what name was Flatland originally published?

2. Why is touching on occasion inaccurate?

3. To what class does the Law of Nature not always apply?

4. What does the editor say is the first objection to the novel?

5. What happens to a man who "runs against" a woman?

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