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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. Under what name was Flatland originally published?
(a) Edwin Abbott
(b) John Smith
(c) A. Square
(d) B. Triangle

2. What was this movement called?
(a) The Color War
(b) The Color Revolt
(c) The Color Generation
(d) The Color Age

3. What theory had Einstein not yet developed by the time Flatland was published?
(a) The theory of relativity
(b) The theory of movement
(c) The theory of time and space
(d) The theory of the fourth dimension

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to those who attempted to discover the source of light in Flatland?

2. What shape are the middle class members?

3. What have the priests discovered about increasing laws against women that force them to be confined at home?

4. What happens to a line as it gets further away in Flatland?

5. Within how many generations did nearly everyone adopt color?

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