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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Concerning Irregular Figures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Legislature finally stop individuals from trying to find the source of light in Flatland?
(a) They taxed them until they stopped asking questions.
(b) They told them the light was from God.
(c) They prohibited the question entirely.
(d) They sent those who questioned to prison.

2. From which direction do women enter houses?
(a) South
(b) West
(c) None, as directions don't exist in Flatland
(d) East

3. According to Hoffman, what is the goal of the novel?
(a) To instruct
(b) To waste time
(c) To prove the fourth dimension
(d) To entertain

4. What does the "pull" in Flatland represent in Spaceland?
(a) Emotional patterns
(b) Magnetic force
(c) Wind
(d) Gravity

5. What object that helps sight in Spaceland does not exist in Flatland?
(a) Sun
(b) Glasses
(c) Eyes
(d) Darkness

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the editor's defense of the first objection?

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

4. Why are there no windows in houses of Flatland?

5. What happens to a man who "runs against" a woman?

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