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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. How do families rise in standing?
(a) Each generation is born with one less side.
(b) Each generation is educated in a more superior manner.
(c) They do not; statuses are unchangeable in Flatland.
(d) Each generation is born with one new side.

2. What does the editor defend against at the end of the preface?
(a) The author's presentation of Squares
(b) The author's presentation of Pentagons
(c) The author's presentation of Circles
(d) The author's presentation of Triangles

3. What does the editor say is his third reason for writing the preface?
(a) To apologize for errors and misprints
(b) To thank readers and critics in Spaceland
(c) To explain misconceptions
(d) To introduce the novel

4. What happens to Equilateral children of Isosceles Triangles?
(a) They are looked down upon.
(b) They are cherished as the highest member of the Isosceles family.
(c) They are taken away and given to Equilateral parents.
(d) They are killed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The third law for women is:

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

3. What can men do when women are in their apartments?

4. What does A. Square say about the aesthetic and artistic aspects of Flatland?

5. What were Edwin Abbott's primary interests?

(see the answer key)

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