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

2. The second law for women is:
(a) They must never make a sound in public.
(b) They must continuously make noise when in public.
(c) They must never be in public.
(d) They must speak when spoken to in public.

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

4. How do families rise in standing?
(a) They do not; statuses are unchangeable in Flatland.
(b) Each generation is born with one less side.
(c) Each generation is educated in a more superior manner.
(d) Each generation is born with one new side.

5. What does the editor say is the second objection to the novel?
(a) That the author hates women.
(b) That the author hates priests.
(c) That the author hates children.
(d) That the author hates men.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first law for women is;

2. From which direction does rain fall?

3. In what year was Flatland written?

4. What shape are professional men?

5. Where are readers assumed to live?

(see the answer key)

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