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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 power do women have in Flatland that makes them even more deadly?
(a) They can make themselves invisible.
(b) They can change into other forms.
(c) They can see further than any other form.
(d) They can move very quickly.

2. What does the shape of women prevent?
(a) Swimming
(b) Childbirth
(c) Spontaneous passion
(d) Walking

3. What does the author tell the reader to do to mimic Flatland?
(a) Place a penny on a table and look at it at eye level.
(b) Place a penny on a table and stand it on one end.
(c) Place a penny on a table and look at it from above.
(d) Place a penny on a table.

4. 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.

5. What happens to leaders of rebellions of lower classes who are nearly regular shaped?
(a) They are reshaped and adopted into higher classes.
(b) They are allowed to live among the lower class to provide hope.
(c) They are killed.
(d) They are placed into State Hospitals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Law of Compensation?

2. Why does the author call the land he writes about Flatland?

3. What shapes are included in the Priestly order?

4. What have the priests discovered about increasing laws against women that force them to be confined at home?

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

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