Flatland Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Flatland Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 was the first person to invent color?

2. The first law for women is;

3. What effect did the end of this method have on the classes?

4. What does the State do with smaller angle specimens used for teaching tools?

5. What method of recognition was no longer taught?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the temper of women useful in ridding society of the most brutal of the Isosceles class?

2. What caused women to turn against the color bill?

3. Discuss at least two ways the inhabitants of Flatland attempt to alter natural evolution.

4. Name some features of the houses of Flatland.

5. Explain the basic process of evolution, as described in Chapter 3.

6. Why does Hoffman believe the development of the fourth dimension does not lessen the lessons of the book?

7. In Chapter 1, what does A. Square compare sight in Flatland to in the three dimensional world, Spaceland, and what is the comparison?

8. How does A. Square explain the lack of ability to discern changes in retraction or projection in Chapter 1?

9. Based on the end of the Preface, what is the author attempting to say about the ruling class of his time?

10. Summarize A. Square's explanation of Flatland.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In Flatland, there are several Laws of Nature discussed that serve to keep the Circles in power. Choose one of these laws, and explain it in depth. Does such a law of nature truly exist in the world? What do you believe Abbott was trying to say by introducing this law?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Abbott discusses the role of women in Flatland. He clearly uses the women in the novel to symbolize how women are treated in Victorian society. Discuss how Abbott portrays women in the novel, and compare it to both women in historic times, as well as in modern times. Has the treatment of women improved? If so, is the change universal? If not, what types of viewpoints have not changed? Do you feel such treatment is valid, or unjust? Why?

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