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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hoffman say is the fourth dimension?
(a) Movement
(b) Sound
(c) Time
(d) Space

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

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

4. What is the third unrecognized dimension in Flatland?
(a) Space
(b) Weight
(c) Time
(d) Height

5. What were Edwin Abbott's primary interests?
(a) Literature and social sciences
(b) Literature and mathematics
(c) Literature and theology
(d) Literature and physics

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the editor note that A. Square wishes the readers of Flatland would understand?

2. What was Edwin Abbott's occupation?

3. What does Hoffman say about the characters of Flatland?

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

5. What is a man expected to do when meeting a woman on the street?

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