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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Pantocyclus?
2. Why does the State believe that aristocratic children who fail exams should be killed?
3. Where are readers assumed to live?
4. The second law for women is:
5. What is the third form of recognition in Flatland?
Short Essay Questions
1. What caused women to turn against the color bill?
2. What are the three rules created for women, in order to protect society? What are the rules in the strictest society?
3. Name some features of the houses of Flatland.
4. What is the law of nature that helps protect the upper class? Which law of nature do Circles use to help stifle agitation?
5. Explain the use of color in the military of Flatland.
6. In Chapter 5, A. Square explains how the Law of Nature provides an alphabet of angles through the birth of irregular angles and shapes. Explain what is done with irregular specimens in Flatland. Be sure to include small angle shapes in your discussion.
7. What are some of the characteristics of women in Chapter 5?
8. Explain the shape of workmen and soldiers, women, the middle class, the professionals, and noblemen, or priests.
9. What happens to irregular figures? Be sure to discuss all irregulars, including those with highly irregular figures.
10. What occurred when individuals began to question where light came from?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 18, Sphere and A. Square discuss A. Square's belief that the ability to see everything makes one a God. Explain A. Square's argument, and Sphere's comments. Which do you agree with, and why? What other qualities do you believe a God must have? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, the idea of individuals using drastic measures to overcome their position in life is presented. Give at least two examples of this in the novel, and discuss in depth the process these individuals endure. Do you think such drastic measures are used in today's society? Do you believe such measures are justified?
Essay Topic 3
In Flatland, children are often punished as a result of their parent's wishes. Choose one of the following, and discuss what happens to these children in the novel. Is such treatment justified? Why or why not? Does modern society punish the children as a result of parental wishes? How?
1.) Young shapes are surgically altered to create more sides.
2.) Children who fail exams are shunned in society.
3.) Irregular children are used as specimens in schools.
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