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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The second law for women is:
(a) They must never be in public.
(b) They must continuously make noise when in public.
(c) They must speak when spoken to in public.
(d) They must never make a sound in public.

2. What can inhabitants of Flatland NOT do?
(a) Move north
(b) Rise above or beneath the surface
(c) Move south
(d) Move sideways

3. What was this movement called?
(a) The Color War
(b) The Color Generation
(c) The Color Age
(d) The Color Revolt

4. What does the editor say is the second objection to the novel?
(a) That the author hates men.
(b) That the author hates women.
(c) That the author hates priests.
(d) That the author hates children.

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

6. What happens to the most irregular shapes?
(a) They are killed.
(b) They are imprisoned.
(c) They are allowed to marry into a higher class.
(d) They are allowed into public office.

7. According to Hoffman, what is the goal of the novel?
(a) To instruct
(b) To entertain
(c) To waste time
(d) To prove the fourth dimension

8. What effect did the end of this method have on the classes?
(a) There was no effect.
(b) There was a war between the classes.
(c) All classes became closer to equal.
(d) The classes became further separated.

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

10. What bill sought to color women and circles the same?
(a) The Universal Color bill
(b) The Spaceland Color bill
(c) The Universal Recognition bill
(d) The Flatland Sight bill

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

12. What is the first means of recognition in Flatland?
(a) Touch
(b) Hearing
(c) Sight
(d) Smell

13. From which direction does rain fall?
(a) Down
(b) South
(c) Up
(d) North

14. What is the editor's defense of the first objection?
(a) That since direction cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(b) That since thickness cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(c) That since distance cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(d) That since weight cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.

15. What is the second means of recognition in Flatland?
(a) Smell
(b) Sight
(c) Touch
(d) Hearing

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did the color movement continue?

3. What does the author tell the reader to do to mimic Flatland?

4. Why are there no windows in houses of Flatland?

5. What shape of houses is not allowed?

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