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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 A. Square believe the straight lines in his dream to be?
(a) Triangles
(b) Circles pretending to be women
(c) Women
(d) Squares

2. What is a man expected to do when meeting a woman on the street?
(a) Allow her to pass to the East.
(b) Allow her to pass to the South.
(c) Allow her to pass to the West.
(d) Allow her to pass to the North.

3. What does A. Square say about the aesthetic and artistic aspects of Flatland?
(a) They are dull.
(b) They are similar to that of Pointland.
(c) They are vibrant and alive.
(d) They are similar to that of Spaceland.

4. What does the line claim to be?
(a) A Prince
(b) The King
(c) A Priest
(d) The Queen

5. What did Pantocyclus tell the workmen they would have to accept?
(a) Their ambitions for priesthood would be abolished.
(b) Their ambitions for military work would be abolished.
(c) Their ambitions for higher classes would be abolished.
(d) Their ambitions for public office would be abolished.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as the race of circles climbs higher in development?

2. What does the shape of women prevent?

3. How do individuals in Lineland move?

4. Where does A. Square first see Lineland?

5. What is the third unrecognized dimension in Flatland?

(see the answer key)

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