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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 is the first means of recognition in Flatland?
(a) Touch
(b) Sight
(c) Hearing
(d) Smell

2. From which direction does rain fall?
(a) Up
(b) North
(c) Down
(d) South

3. From which direction do women enter houses?
(a) West
(b) South
(c) None, as directions don't exist in Flatland
(d) East

4. Who was the first person to invent color?
(a) Chromatistes
(b) Chromaticon
(c) Chromatosis
(d) Chromoto

5. What does A. Square say about the aesthetic and artistic aspects of Flatland?
(a) They are similar to that of Spaceland.
(b) They are similar to that of Pointland.
(c) They are dull.
(d) They are vibrant and alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is touching on occasion inaccurate?

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

3. What is customary for women in upper class homes to do at all times?

4. What was Edwin Abbott's occupation?

5. Why is hearing only used on occasion as a recognition method?

(see the answer key)

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