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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, How I Came to Spaceland and What I Saw There.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do all inhabitants of Lineland see?
(a) Shapes
(b) A single point
(c) Lines and points
(d) Nothing

2. What does the editor say is his third reason for writing the preface?
(a) To introduce the novel
(b) To explain misconceptions
(c) To thank readers and critics in Spaceland
(d) To apologize for errors and misprints

3. What shape are soldiers?
(a) Equilateral triangles
(b) Isosceles Triangles
(c) Squares
(d) Straight lines

4. What was Edwin Abbott's occupation?
(a) Plumber
(b) Mathematician
(c) Writer
(d) Headmaster

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does A. Square's wife yell at A. Square for in this chapter?

2. What does A. Square do at the end of the chapter?

3. What two body parts are the same on a woman?

4. What is the second means of recognition in Flatland?

5. What shape of houses is not allowed?

(see the answer key)

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