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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. To what does the author compare Flatland?
(a) A globe
(b) Sandpaper
(c) A book
(d) A piece of paper

2. What can inhabitants of Flatland NOT do?
(a) Move sideways
(b) Rise above or beneath the surface
(c) Move north
(d) Move south

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

4. What two body parts are the same on a woman?
(a) The eye and the hand
(b) The eye and the mouth
(c) The nose and the mouth
(d) The mouth and the hand

5. What does the State do with smaller angle specimens used for teaching tools?
(a) They are used as food for higher angle specimens.
(b) They are dissected.
(c) They are not fed, and thus killed.
(d) They are paid well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second means of recognition in Flatland?

2. What does the editor say is his third reason for writing the preface?

3. Why is this shape of house not allowed?

4. From which direction do women enter houses?

5. How did the Legislature finally stop individuals from trying to find the source of light in Flatland?

(see the answer key)

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