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Flatland | Quiz

Edwin Abbott Abbott
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Flatland | Quiz

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1)

What happens to a man who "runs against" a woman? (from Chapter 4, Concerning the Woman)

He immediately kills her.
He is put into prison.
He falls in love instantly.
He is killed immediately.
2)

Why does A. Square believe his sons will not understand? (from Chapter 21, How I Tried to Teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to My Grandson, and with What Success)

They are not intelligent.
They are not good with mathematics.
They are Council members.
They are triangles.
3)

What is the first means of recognition in Flatland? (from Chapter 5, Of Our Methods of Recognizing One Another)

Hearing
Sight
Touch
Smell
4)

What does the shape of women prevent? (from Chapter 4, Concerning the Woman)

Swimming
Childbirth
Walking
Spontaneous passion
5)

Because of their education, what method of recognition is considered a serious offense? (from Chapter 6, Of Recognition by Sight)

Sight
Smell
Feeling
Hearing
6)

What method of recognition was no longer taught? (from Chapter 9, Of the Universal Color Bill)

Hearing
Sight
Touch
Smell
7)

What changes A. Square's mind about who to educate first? (from Chapter 21, How I Tried to Teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to My Grandson, and with What Success)

He is afraid of divorce.
He realizes women are too dim to understand.
He is afraid of imprisonment.
He cannot seem to recall the information as clearly.
8)

What hinders A. Square's writing? (from Chapter 22, How I Tried to Diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by Other Means, and of the Result)

Their are only tablets to write with.
There are diagrams.
There are only lines to write with.
There is no mathematical equivalent.
9)

What group showed the most amazing display of color? (from Chapter 8, Of the Ancient Practice of Painting)

Circles
The Woman
Intellectuals
The Military
10)

What is the second means of recognition in Flatland? (from Chapter 5, Of Our Methods of Recognizing One Another)

Smell
Hearing
Touch
Sight
11)

What does the shape claim to be? (from Chapter 15, Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland)

Many squares in one
Many hexagons in one
Many triangles in one
Many circles in one
12)

What ended the women's support of the bill? (from Chapter 10, Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Condition)

The attack of a young woman by an Isosceles pretending to be a higher class shape.
The attack of a young woman by an Right Triangle pretending to be a higher class shape
The attack of a young woman by a Square pretending to be a higher class shape
The attack of a young woman by a Circle pretending to be a lower class shape
13)

What classes are able to use this method? (from Chapter 6, Of Recognition by Sight)

Lower classes
Upper classes
Only circles
All classes
14)

At the end of the chapter, what does A. Square hear that the Council does to individuals who speak of the Third dimension? (from Chapter 18, How I Came to Spaceland and What I Saw There)

Kills or imprisons them.
Ignores them.
Banishes them from Flatland.
Asks them to teach in schools.
15)

What can men do when women are in their apartments? (from Chapter 4, Concerning the Woman)

They can only speak.
Nothing, since they are inaccessible to men.
They can only touch the woman.
Anything, since the woman won't remember it.
16)

What does A. Square say about true space? (from Chapter 14, How I Vainly Tried to Explain the Nature of Flatland)

It is a plane.
It is a square.
It is a circle.
It is a line.
17)

In Spaceland, what is valued highest: intellect, emotion, money, or faith? (from Chapter 18, How I Came to Spaceland and What I Saw There)

Emotion
Money
Intellect
Faith
18)

What are women not taught to do? (from Chapter 12, Of the Doctrines of our Priests)

Drive
Walk
Read
Speak
19)

How many inhabitants are there of Pointland? (from Chapter 20, How the Sphere Encouraged Me in a Vision)

Fifty
One
Two
Infinite
20)

How does A. Square next attempt to explain the third dimension? (from Chapter 22, How I Tried to Diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by Other Means, and of the Result)

Through writing
Through speech
Through demonstration
Through personal experience
21)

What was this movement called? (from Chapter 8, Of the Ancient Practice of Painting)

The Color Generation
The Color War
The Color Age
The Color Revolt
22)

What do all inhabitants of Lineland see? (from Chapter 13, How I Had a Vision of Lineland)

A single point
Shapes
Nothing
Lines and points
23)

How long did the color movement continue? (from Chapter 10, Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Condition)

Four years
One year
Three years
Two years
24)

What does A. Square point out about the King's space? (from Chapter 14, How I Vainly Tried to Explain the Nature of Flatland)

It is a circle.
It is a plane.
It is a line.
It is a square.
25)

What have the priests discovered about increasing laws against women that force them to be confined at home? (from Chapter 4, Concerning the Woman)

Such actions result in the death of more men.
Such actions result in higher suicide rates.
Such actions result in higher birth rates.
Such actions result in the death of more women.
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