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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. To what does the author compare Flatland?
(a) A globe
(b) A book
(c) A piece of paper
(d) Sandpaper

2. What does the editor note that A. Square wishes the readers of Flatland would understand?
(a) The book is to be taken literally at all times.
(b) Not all aspects of Pointland are meant to correspond to Flatland.
(c) The book is not supposed to correspond at all to reality.
(d) Not all aspects of Flatland are meant to correspond to Spaceland.

3. What does the editor defend against at the end of the preface?
(a) The author's presentation of Circles
(b) The author's presentation of Pentagons
(c) The author's presentation of Squares
(d) The author's presentation of Triangles

4. What does Hoffman say is the fourth dimension?
(a) Movement
(b) Time
(c) Sound
(d) Space

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Equilateral children of Isosceles Triangles?

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

3. What power do women have in Flatland that makes them even more deadly?

4. What is customary for women in upper class homes to do at all times?

5. What does the editor say is the second objection to the novel?

(see the answer key)

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