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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 is the most common form of house construction in Flatland?
(a) Triangle
(b) Square
(c) Circle
(d) Pentagon

2. What can inhabitants of Flatland NOT do?
(a) Move south
(b) Move sideways
(c) Move north
(d) Rise above or beneath the surface

3. Under what name was Flatland originally published?
(a) Edwin Abbott
(b) B. Triangle
(c) A. Square
(d) John Smith

4. What does Hoffman admit Abbott succeeded in defeating?
(a) Time
(b) Space
(c) Boredom
(d) Critics

5. What is a man expected to do when meeting a woman on the street?
(a) Allow her to pass to the West.
(b) Allow her to pass to the South.
(c) Allow her to pass to the East.
(d) Allow her to pass to the North.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is this shape of house not allowed?

2. What does the editor say is the first objection to the novel?

3. What does Hoffman say about the fourth dimension?

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

5. What does the editor compare Flatland's third dimension to in Spaceland?

(see the answer key)

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