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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 is irregularity considered in Flatland?
(a) A character flaw
(b) Immoral and criminal
(c) A rarity to be praised
(d) A way to achieve a higher class

2. What is the Law of Nature?
(a) The tendency for each generation to remain stable over time.
(b) The tendency for each generation to rise in standing.
(c) The tendency for each generation to drop in standing.
(d) The tendency for any shape out of the ordinary to be killed.

3. What can inhabitants of Flatland NOT do?
(a) Move south
(b) Rise above or beneath the surface
(c) Move sideways
(d) Move north

4. What does Hoffman say about the fourth dimension?
(a) It is unstable.
(b) It is spatial.
(c) It is stable.
(d) It is temporal.

5. Why is this shape of house not allowed?
(a) The sharp angle may hurt someone.
(b) The curved exterior would be difficult to discern.
(c) The rain would not properly run off, causing death.
(d) There could be no door for women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who controls Flatland?

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

3. The second law for women is:

4. What is the third unrecognized dimension in Flatland?

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

(see the answer key)

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