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

2. What is the second means of recognition in Flatland?
(a) Hearing
(b) Smell
(c) Sight
(d) Touch

3. What class does the Equilateral triangle represent?
(a) Worker
(b) Tradesmen
(c) Priest
(d) Woman

4. In what year was Flatland written?
(a) 1884
(b) 1964
(c) 1844
(d) 1774

5. What is customary for women in upper class homes to do at all times?
(a) Never leave their apartments
(b) Never leave the house
(c) Face their husbands
(d) Never speak to their husbands

Short Answer Questions

1. From which direction do women enter houses?

2. What is a man expected to do when meeting a woman on the street?

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

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

5. What does A. Square blame for the inhabitants' inability to discern North in the normal way?

(see the answer key)

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