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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, How I Came to Spaceland and What I Saw There.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the State believe that aristocratic children who fail exams should be killed?
(a) They cannot have children.
(b) They are less intelligent.
(c) They cannot work.
(d) They breed with one another and give birth to irregulars.

2. What is the first means of recognition in Flatland?
(a) Smell
(b) Sight
(c) Touch
(d) Hearing

3. What was one benefit to having color?
(a) More stable relationships
(b) Immediate recognition
(c) Being more attractive
(d) A brighter home

4. Why does A. Square call the stranger his "lordship"?
(a) He believes the stranger is his boss.
(b) He believes the stranger is a king.
(c) He believes the stranger is a perfect circle.
(d) He believes the stranger is the Chief Circle.

5. What is the editor's defense of the first objection?
(a) That since direction cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(b) That since distance cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(c) That since thickness cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(d) That since weight cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.

Short Answer Questions

1. The third law for women is:

2. How is the regularity of women monitored?

3. What do upper class women do that lower class women try to imitate?

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

5. What is customary for women in upper class homes to do at all times?

(see the answer key)

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