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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. What does the State do with smaller angle specimens used for teaching tools?
2. What does Hoffman say about the first three dimensions?
3. Because of their education, what method of recognition is considered a serious offense?
4. What does the editor say is the first objection to the novel?
5. What shapes are included in the Priestly order?
Short Essay Questions
1. What example does A. Square use to show his reasoning behind the need for regularity of shape?
2. What happens to irregular figures? Be sure to discuss all irregulars, including those with highly irregular figures.
3. Explain how sight recognition is used in upper classes, and why such a method cannot be used for the lower class.
4. In Chapter 1, what does A. Square compare sight in Flatland to in the three dimensional world, Spaceland, and what is the comparison?
5. What does Hoffman mean when he calls the novel timeless in the Introduction?
6. Summarize A. Square's explanation of Flatland.
7. What tools do inhabitants use to discern direction in Flatland?
8. Based on the end of the Preface, what is the author attempting to say about the ruling class of his time?
9. What occurred when individuals began to question where light came from?
10. What happened when the Circles regained power following defeat of the color bill? Please be specific.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, Circles use their power to control the lower classes. Discuss at least three examples of this abuse of power. What do you think Abbott was attempting to say about the aristocratic powers of his own time?
Essay Topic 2
Class clearly plays an important role in the novel, both in terms of the storyline and in terms of Abbott's use of symbolism to represent Victorian society. Discuss, in detail, Abbott's overall point about the class structure of society, and it's impact on each of the following:
1. Education
2. The legal system
3. Marriage
4. War
Essay Topic 3
Throughout Flatland, there are several examples of biases within the legal system, such as the killing of policemen witnessing the arrival of the Sphere while the higher class Squares are imprisoned. Discuss at least two examples of such biases. What do you think Abbott was trying to say about the relationship between class and justice? Do you believe his points are still valid today? Why or why not? Be sure to support your answer with both concepts from the book and your own experiences.
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