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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, How I Vainly Tried to Explain the Nature of Flatland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What power do women have in Flatland that makes them even more deadly?
(a) They can make themselves invisible.
(b) They can see further than any other form.
(c) They can change into other forms.
(d) They can move very quickly.

2. What object that helps sight in Spaceland does not exist in Flatland?
(a) Glasses
(b) Eyes
(c) Sun
(d) Darkness

3. Why is touching on occasion inaccurate?
(a) It is easy to confuse a square with a triangle.
(b) It is easy to confuse Isosceles triangles with Equilateral triangles.
(c) It is easy to confuse a ten-sided shape with a twelve-sided shape.
(d) All angles feel the same.

4. According to Hoffman, what is the goal of the novel?
(a) To prove the fourth dimension
(b) To instruct
(c) To entertain
(d) To waste time

5. What was Edwin Abbott's field of interest?
(a) Social Relations
(b) Math
(c) Classics
(d) Science

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape are nobility members?

2. What does the State do with smaller angle specimens used for teaching tools?

3. Why does the State believe that aristocratic children who fail exams should be killed?

4. On what does the civilization of Flatland depend?

5. What class does the Equilateral triangle represent?

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