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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, How I Vainly Tried to Explain the Nature of Flatland.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do inhabitants of Flatland see?
(a) Circles
(b) Straight lines
(c) Solids
(d) Triangles and Squares

3. On what does the civilization of Flatland depend?
(a) Regularity of shapes
(b) The lower classes
(c) The State
(d) Irregularity of shapes

4. What class does the Equilateral triangle represent?
(a) Priest
(b) Worker
(c) Tradesmen
(d) Woman

5. What does Hoffman say is the fourth dimension?
(a) Sound
(b) Time
(c) Space
(d) Movement

Short Answer Questions

1. After the war, who is still allowed to make color?

2. Where are readers assumed to live?

3. What does the line claim to be?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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