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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 shape of women prevent?
(a) Swimming
(b) Walking
(c) Spontaneous passion
(d) Childbirth

2. What theory had Einstein not yet developed by the time Flatland was published?
(a) The theory of movement
(b) The theory of the fourth dimension
(c) The theory of relativity
(d) The theory of time and space

3. What is the third unrecognized dimension in Flatland?
(a) Height
(b) Space
(c) Time
(d) Weight

4. What does Hoffman say about the characters of Flatland?
(a) They are unnecessary.
(b) They are not interesting.
(c) They are unbelievable.
(d) They are well rounded.

5. What shape are nobility members?
(a) Squares
(b) Straight lines
(c) Circles
(d) Hexagons

Short Answer Questions

1. What can inhabitants of Flatland NOT do?

2. According to Hoffman, what is the goal of the novel?

3. What shape are professional men?

4. What shape are the middle class members?

5. From which direction do women enter houses?

(see the answer key)

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