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

2. What does the editor say is his second reason for writing the preface?
(a) To thank readers and critics in Spaceland
(b) To apologize for errors and misprints
(c) To introduce the novel
(d) To explain misconceptions

3. What does the State do with smaller angle specimens used for teaching tools?
(a) They are used as food for higher angle specimens.
(b) They are dissected.
(c) They are paid well.
(d) They are not fed, and thus killed.

4. What allows this method to be possible?
(a) Fog
(b) Light
(c) Rain
(d) Snow

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What power do women have in Flatland that makes them even more deadly?

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

3. What adverse effect did the new wave of color have?

4. What does Hoffman say about the fourth dimension?

5. What does the editor say is the second objection to the novel?

(see the answer key)

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