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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 does the editor defend against at the end of the preface?
(a) The author's presentation of Triangles
(b) The author's presentation of Pentagons
(c) The author's presentation of Circles
(d) The author's presentation of Squares

2. What was one benefit to having color?
(a) Immediate recognition
(b) More stable relationships
(c) Being more attractive
(d) A brighter home

3. Why does the State believe that aristocratic children who fail exams should be killed?
(a) They cannot have children.
(b) They cannot work.
(c) They breed with one another and give birth to irregulars.
(d) They are less intelligent.

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

5. What is the most common form of house construction in Flatland?
(a) Triangle
(b) Square
(c) Circle
(d) Pentagon

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to those who attempted to discover the source of light in Flatland?

2. How is the regularity of women monitored?

3. What bill sought to color women and circles the same?

4. What does the line claim to be?

5. What does Hoffman say about the characters of Flatland?

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