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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, How I Tried to Teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to My Grandson, and with What Success.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does marriage occur in Lineland?
(a) When a man's voice matches with that of two women.
(b) When two individuals fall in love.
(c) When a woman's voice matches with that of two men.
(d) Marriage doesn't happen in Lineland.

3. What is the average perimeter of a circle?
(a) Two feet
(b) Five feet
(c) Twenty feet
(d) Three feet

4. How does the stranger defend his idea that omnipotence is not a quality of Gods?
(a) Because if it were, everyone in Flatland would be a God.
(b) Because God's do not exist.
(c) Because if it were, the criminals of Spaceland would be the Gods of Flatland.
(d) Because if it were, no one would be God.

5. What is the third unrecognized dimension in Flatland?
(a) Time
(b) Space
(c) Weight
(d) Height

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the editor say is his first reason for writing the preface?

2. What is the most common form of house construction in Flatland?

3. What does the stranger do to A. Square at the end of the chapter?

4. What does A. Square discover about the stranger when he is allowed to feel his body?

5. What does A. Square say about the laws regarding irregulars?

(see the answer key)

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