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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) Space
(b) Movement
(c) Time
(d) Sound

2. What was Edwin Abbott's occupation?
(a) Writer
(b) Plumber
(c) Headmaster
(d) Mathematician

3. What does the editor say is the second objection to the novel?
(a) That the author hates priests.
(b) That the author hates men.
(c) That the author hates children.
(d) That the author hates women.

4. What was Edwin Abbott's field of interest?
(a) Science
(b) Math
(c) Classics
(d) Social Relations

5. What does A. Square blame for the inhabitants' inability to discern North in the normal way?
(a) Lack of compasses
(b) Lack of sight
(c) Lack of a sense of direction
(d) Lack of a sun

Short Answer Questions

1. From which direction do women enter houses?

2. What is the editor's defense of the second objection?

3. The author notes these individuals have a similar experience in Spaceland that helps explain what things look like in Flatland.

4. In what year was Flatland written?

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

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