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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Of the Universal Color Bill.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the editor's defense of the first objection?
(a) That since thickness cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(b) That since weight cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(c) That since distance cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.
(d) That since direction cannot be measured, it is not comprehended.

4. Where are readers assumed to live?
(a) Spaceland
(b) Timeland
(c) Pointland
(d) Earthland

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do upper class women do that lower class women try to imitate?

2. On what does the civilization of Flatland depend?

3. What can men do when women are in their apartments?

4. What does the State do with smaller angle specimens used for teaching tools?

5. To what class does the Law of Nature not always apply?

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