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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 happens to a line as it gets further away in Flatland?
(a) It gets thicker.
(b) It gets thinner.
(c) It gets smaller.
(d) It gets larger.

2. What adverse effect did the new wave of color have?
(a) There was an increase in crime.
(b) There was a decline in intellectual pursuit.
(c) There was an increase in mortality rates.
(d) There was a decline in reproduction.

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

4. What shapes are included in the Priestly order?
(a) Straight lines
(b) Circles
(c) Squares
(d) Triangles

5. What does the Equilateral triangle look like in Flatland?
(a) A curved line
(b) An Equilateral triangle
(c) A single point
(d) A straight line

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the editor say is his second reason for writing the preface?

2. What happens to the trade man in the author's example of problems with irregular shapes?

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

4. What shape are soldiers?

5. What is the Law of Nature?

(see the answer key)

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