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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Of the Doctrines of our Priests.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to a line as it gets further away in Flatland?
(a) It gets thinner.
(b) It gets smaller.
(c) It gets thicker.
(d) It gets larger.

2. What is believed to cause deviance?
(a) Upbringing
(b) Irregular shape
(c) Lower class status
(d) A sense of rejection

3. What can men do when women are in their apartments?
(a) Nothing, since they are inaccessible to men.
(b) They can only speak.
(c) Anything, since the woman won't remember it.
(d) They can only touch the woman.

4. What do inhabitants of Flatland see?
(a) Circles
(b) Straight lines
(c) Triangles and Squares
(d) Solids

5. What is the primary focus of priests?
(a) Raise a family.
(b) Attend higher education.
(c) Attend to their configuration.
(d) Become involved in government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical trait makes women in Flatland dangerous?

2. What does A. Square fear about this lack of training?

3. Why does the State believe that aristocratic children who fail exams should be killed?

4. What bill sought to color women and circles the same?

5. What class does the Equilateral triangle represent?

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