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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The author notes these individuals have a similar experience in Spaceland that helps explain what things look like in Flatland.
(a) Sailors
(b) Tight rope walkers
(c) Writers
(d) Mechanics

5. Who was the first person to invent color?
(a) Chromatistes
(b) Chromatosis
(c) Chromoto
(d) Chromaticon

6. What is the Law of Nature?
(a) The tendency for each generation to drop in standing.
(b) The tendency for any shape out of the ordinary to be killed.
(c) The tendency for each generation to rise in standing.
(d) The tendency for each generation to remain stable over time.

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

8. What does Hoffman say about the first three dimensions?
(a) They are stable.
(b) They are spatial.
(c) They are temporal.
(d) They are unstable.

9. Why does the author call the land he writes about Flatland?
(a) Because it is flat
(b) Because that is what locals call it
(c) To make it easier for him to write about
(d) To make it easier to distinguish for readers

10. What is the third form of recognition in Flatland?
(a) Hearing
(b) Touch
(c) Sight
(d) Smell

11. 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

12. What is the third unrecognized dimension in Flatland?
(a) Time
(b) Space
(c) Weight
(d) Height

13. What did Pantocyclus tell the workmen they would have to accept?
(a) Their ambitions for military work would be abolished.
(b) Their ambitions for public office would be abolished.
(c) Their ambitions for priesthood would be abolished.
(d) Their ambitions for higher classes would be abolished.

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

15. The first law for women is;
(a) They must enter houses on the East side.
(b) They must enter houses on the West side.
(c) They must enter houses on the South side.
(d) They must enter houses on the North side.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pantocyclus?

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

3. What allows this method to be possible?

4. On what does the civilization of Flatland depend?

5. What does Hoffman say is the fourth dimension?

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