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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 was this movement called?
(a) The Color Age
(b) The Color Generation
(c) The Color War
(d) The Color Revolt

2. From which direction does rain fall?
(a) Up
(b) South
(c) North
(d) Down

3. On what does the civilization of Flatland depend?
(a) The lower classes
(b) Irregularity of shapes
(c) The State
(d) Regularity of shapes

4. How long did the color movement continue?
(a) Two years
(b) Three years
(c) Four years
(d) One year

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pantocyclus tell the workmen they would have to accept?

2. How did the Legislature finally stop individuals from trying to find the source of light in Flatland?

3. What does the stranger say about the fourth dimension?

4. How many inhabitants are there of Pointland?

5. Why does the author call the land he writes about Flatland?

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