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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 does the Equilateral triangle look like in Flatland?
(a) A single point
(b) A curved line
(c) An Equilateral triangle
(d) A straight line

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

3. What happened to those who attempted to discover the source of light in Flatland?
(a) They were successful.
(b) They died.
(c) They went insane.
(d) They were arrested.

4. What does the editor compare Flatland's third dimension to in Spaceland?
(a) The fifth dimension
(b) The fourth dimension
(c) The first dimension
(d) The second dimension

5. What is the editor's defense of the second objection?
(a) That the author was defending children through irony.
(b) That the author was pointing out the danger of religion.
(c) That the author was writing his true opinion, and has a right to his opinion.
(d) That the author was writing as other historians have written.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a line as it gets closer in Flatland?

2. In what year was Flatland written?

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

4. What does A. Square blame for the inhabitants' inability to discern North in the normal way?

5. What were Edwin Abbott's primary interests?

(see the answer key)

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