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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. How does A. Square attempt to prove he can see in Lineland?
(a) By explaining the number of each sex next to the king.
(b) By describing a straight line.
(c) By describing a circle.
(d) By explaining that he can see lines and points.

2. What method of recognition was no longer taught?
(a) Sight
(b) Hearing
(c) Touch
(d) Smell

3. Where are readers assumed to live?
(a) Timeland
(b) Earthland
(c) Pointland
(d) Spaceland

4. At the end of the chapter, what does A. Square hear that the Council does to individuals who speak of the Third dimension?
(a) Ignores them.
(b) Asks them to teach in schools.
(c) Kills or imprisons them.
(d) Banishes them from Flatland.

5. How do individuals in Lineland move?
(a) Only right to left.
(b) In a single directional line.
(c) Only up and down.
(d) They can move anywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the editor defend against at the end of the preface?

2. Where does A. Square asked to be taken, after the stranger's explanation of those who believe in the fourth dimension?

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

4. What is the result of the lesson?

5. What group showed the most amazing display of color?

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