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

2. What do all inhabitants of Lineland see?
(a) Nothing
(b) Lines and points
(c) Shapes
(d) A single point

3. Where are readers assumed to live?
(a) Timeland
(b) Spaceland
(c) Earthland
(d) Pointland

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

5. Why is touching on occasion inaccurate?
(a) It is easy to confuse Isosceles triangles with Equilateral triangles.
(b) It is easy to confuse a square with a triangle.
(c) All angles feel the same.
(d) It is easy to confuse a ten-sided shape with a twelve-sided shape.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does A. Square attack the stranger?

2. What is the first means of recognition in Flatland?

3. How does the stranger defend his idea that omnipotence is not a quality of Gods?

4. What directions are A. Square unable to grasp?

5. Within how many generations did nearly everyone adopt color?

(see the answer key)

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