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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. What does A. Square blame for the inhabitants' inability to discern North in the normal way?
(a) Lack of a sense of direction
(b) Lack of compasses
(c) Lack of a sun
(d) Lack of sight

2. What does the editor say is the first objection to the novel?
(a) That thickness should be noted in the novel.
(b) That distance should be noted in the novel.
(c) That direction should be noted in the novel.
(d) That weight should be noted in the novel.

3. What shape of houses is not allowed?
(a) Triangle
(b) Oval
(c) Circle
(d) Pentagon

4. Why does the author call the land he writes about Flatland?
(a) To make it easier to distinguish for readers
(b) To make it easier for him to write about
(c) Because that is what locals call it
(d) Because it is flat

5. What is the most common form of house construction in Flatland?
(a) Triangle
(b) Square
(c) Circle
(d) Pentagon

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the State believe that aristocratic children who fail exams should be killed?

2. What allows this method to be possible?

3. What is the first means of recognition in Flatland?

4. What happens to Equilateral children of Isosceles Triangles?

5. On what does the civilization of Flatland depend?

(see the answer key)

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