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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Of Our Methods of Recognizing One Another.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the editor say is his first reason for writing the preface?
(a) To thank readers and critics in Spaceland
(b) To apologize for errors and misprints
(c) To introduce the novel
(d) To explain misconceptions

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

3. What object that helps sight in Spaceland does not exist in Flatland?
(a) Glasses
(b) Eyes
(c) Darkness
(d) Sun

4. The first law for women is;
(a) They must enter houses on the West side.
(b) They must enter houses on the North side.
(c) They must enter houses on the East side.
(d) They must enter houses on the South side.

5. Who is the editor, in reality, who wrote the Preface?
(a) Edward Abbott
(b) Paul Kennedy
(c) Banesh Hoffman
(d) A. Square

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a man expected to do when meeting a woman on the street?

2. What does A. Square blame for the inhabitants' inability to discern North in the normal way?

3. What is the editor's defense of the second objection?

4. From which direction does rain fall?

5. What is the third unrecognized dimension in Flatland?

(see the answer key)

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