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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Hoffman say is the fourth dimension?
(a) Time
(b) Space
(c) Movement
(d) Sound
2. What was Edwin Abbott's field of interest?
(a) Math
(b) Science
(c) Classics
(d) Social Relations
3. What allows this method to be possible?
(a) Light
(b) Rain
(c) Fog
(d) Snow
4. What do upper class women do that lower class women try to imitate?
(a) Sing with rhythm
(b) Move their backsides with rhythm
(c) Dance with rhythm
(d) Move their heads with rhythm
5. Who is the editor, in reality, who wrote the Preface?
(a) Edward Abbott
(b) Banesh Hoffman
(c) Paul Kennedy
(d) A. Square
6. What does the editor say is his third reason for writing the preface?
(a) To apologize for errors and misprints
(b) To explain misconceptions
(c) To introduce the novel
(d) To thank readers and critics in Spaceland
7. The second law for women is:
(a) They must never be in public.
(b) They must speak when spoken to in public.
(c) They must never make a sound in public.
(d) They must continuously make noise when in public.
8. What shapes are included in the Priestly order?
(a) Squares
(b) Triangles
(c) Circles
(d) Straight lines
9. How do families rise in standing?
(a) They do not; statuses are unchangeable in Flatland.
(b) Each generation is educated in a more superior manner.
(c) Each generation is born with one new side.
(d) Each generation is born with one less side.
10. What shape are professional men?
(a) Equilateral or Isosceles triangles
(b) Squares or Pentagons
(c) Circles
(d) Hexagons
11. According to Hoffman, what is the goal of the novel?
(a) To prove the fourth dimension
(b) To waste time
(c) To entertain
(d) To instruct
12. What was this movement called?
(a) The Color Revolt
(b) The Color Age
(c) The Color War
(d) The Color Generation
13. What work are irregular shapes allowed to have?
(a) Government positions
(b) Doctors
(c) Teachers
(d) Tradesmen
14. What was Edwin Abbott's occupation?
(a) Writer
(b) Plumber
(c) Mathematician
(d) Headmaster
15. What were Edwin Abbott's primary interests?
(a) Literature and social sciences
(b) Literature and mathematics
(c) Literature and theology
(d) Literature and physics
Short Answer Questions
1. Under what name was Flatland originally published?
2. What is the first means of recognition in Flatland?
3. What group showed the most amazing display of color?
4. What does the editor say is his first reason for writing the preface?
5. What is a man expected to do when meeting a woman on the street?
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