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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 do inhabitants of Flatland see?
(a) Triangles and Squares
(b) Straight lines
(c) Solids
(d) Circles

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

3. How did the Legislature finally stop individuals from trying to find the source of light in Flatland?
(a) They prohibited the question entirely.
(b) They sent those who questioned to prison.
(c) They told them the light was from God.
(d) They taxed them until they stopped asking questions.

4. What object that helps sight in Spaceland does not exist in Flatland?
(a) Eyes
(b) Glasses
(c) Sun
(d) Darkness

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the editor, in reality, who wrote the Preface?

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

4. How many points are on a compass in Flatland?

5. What theory had Einstein not yet developed by the time Flatland was published?

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