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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 is customary for women in upper class homes to do at all times?
(a) Never leave the house
(b) Face their husbands
(c) Never leave their apartments
(d) Never speak to their husbands

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is hearing only used on occasion as a recognition method?

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

3. Why does the author call the land he writes about Flatland?

4. What happens to a line as it gets further away in Flatland?

5. What does the shape of women prevent?

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