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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Concerning Irregular Figures.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Because of their education, what method of recognition is considered a serious offense?
(a) Smell
(b) Feeling
(c) Sight
(d) Hearing

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

4. What was Edwin Abbott's field of interest?
(a) Math
(b) Classics
(c) Social Relations
(d) Science

5. Where are higher class youths sent for education?
(a) State schools
(b) Spaceland
(c) Military schools
(d) Seminaries

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Equilateral children of Isosceles Triangles?

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

4. According to Hoffman, what is the goal of the novel?

5. What shape are nobility members?

(see the answer key)

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