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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. What is the third deed the stranger does to prove his point of third dimensions?
(a) He drops below Flatland.
(b) He pokes A. Square in the stomach.
(c) He rises above Flatland.
(d) He moves objects without appearing to touch them.

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

3. What does A. Square discover about the stranger when he is allowed to feel his body?
(a) The stranger is a straight line.
(b) The stranger has many angles.
(c) The stranger has no angles.
(d) The stranger has no shape.

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

5. How do individuals in Lineland move?
(a) Only up and down.
(b) In a single directional line.
(c) Only right to left.
(d) They can move anywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Equilateral triangle look like in Flatland?

2. Why is touching on occasion inaccurate?

3. How does A. Square attack the stranger?

4. Why is deception not a problem in Lineland?

5. Why is this shape of house not allowed?

(see the answer key)

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