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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Concerning the Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many points are on a compass in Flatland?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) One
(d) Two

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

4. Why are there no windows in houses of Flatland?
(a) Because light doesn't exist inside.
(b) Because light is always present and constant.
(c) Because light comes only from inside houses.
(d) Because light comes from the South.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can inhabitants of Flatland NOT do?

2. What can men do when women are in their apartments?

3. What shape are professional men?

4. What is the third unrecognized dimension in Flatland?

5. What do upper class women do that lower class women try to imitate?

(see the answer key)

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