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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 happens to a line as it gets further away in Flatland?
(a) It gets thicker.
(b) It gets smaller.
(c) It gets thinner.
(d) It gets larger.

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

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

4. What does the editor defend against at the end of the preface?
(a) The author's presentation of Circles
(b) The author's presentation of Squares
(c) The author's presentation of Pentagons
(d) The author's presentation of Triangles

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Edwin Abbott's occupation?

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

3. What is the most common form of house construction in Flatland?

4. What does the author tell the reader to do to mimic Flatland?

5. In what year was Flatland written?

(see the answer key)

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