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

2. What physical trait makes women in Flatland dangerous?
(a) They are pointed on both ends.
(b) They are very strong.
(c) They have three pointed sides.
(d) They are very smart.

3. What shape are the middle class members?
(a) Squares
(b) Isosceles triangles
(c) Straight lines
(d) Equilateral triangles

4. What were Edwin Abbott's primary interests?
(a) Literature and theology
(b) Literature and physics
(c) Literature and mathematics
(d) Literature and social sciences

5. Why does the State believe that aristocratic children who fail exams should be killed?
(a) They are less intelligent.
(b) They cannot work.
(c) They cannot have children.
(d) They breed with one another and give birth to irregulars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object that helps sight in Spaceland does not exist in Flatland?

2. From which direction do women enter houses?

3. What is the editor's defense of the second objection?

4. What shape of houses is not allowed?

5. What does the "pull" in Flatland represent in Spaceland?

(see the answer key)

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