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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does A. Square know he is to be punished for his views?
(a) The Council substitutes smaller angled soldiers to oversee proceedings.
(b) His brother informs him.
(c) He sees his wife being taken away.
(d) His children are removed from the home.

3. 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.

4. What is the third deed the stranger does to prove his point of third dimensions?
(a) He moves objects without appearing to touch them.
(b) He rises above Flatland.
(c) He pokes A. Square in the stomach.
(d) He drops below Flatland.

5. How many inhabitants are there of Pointland?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Fifty
(d) Infinite

6. Why does A. Square call the stranger his "lordship"?
(a) He believes the stranger is the Chief Circle.
(b) He believes the stranger is a perfect circle.
(c) He believes the stranger is his boss.
(d) He believes the stranger is a king.

7. What class is most likely to marry a woman with irregular ancestry?
(a) Circles
(b) Pentagons
(c) Equilateral
(d) Squares

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

9. What changes A. Square's mind about who to educate first?
(a) He cannot seem to recall the information as clearly.
(b) He is afraid of divorce.
(c) He is afraid of imprisonment.
(d) He realizes women are too dim to understand.

10. Why does A. Square become saddened?
(a) He cannot visualize a cube.
(b) He realizes he is a two dimensional object.
(c) He cannot visualize a sphere.
(d) His wife dies.

11. What fear does the stranger have as A. Square calls for help?
(a) The others will imprison him.
(b) The others will kill him.
(c) The others will not believe him.
(d) That others will see the Third Dimension.

12. In Spaceland, what is valued highest: intellect, emotion, money, or faith?
(a) Emotion
(b) Money
(c) Faith
(d) Intellect

13. Upon waking, who does A. Square plan to educate about dimensions?
(a) The Council
(b) His daughter
(c) His wife
(d) His grandson

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

15. What is a circle in Flatland?
(a) A true circle, with no sides
(b) A polygon with many sides
(c) A term for anyone higher than a woman
(d) A term for anyone higher than a triangle

Short Answer Questions

1. How does A. Square next attempt to explain the third dimension?

2. What does A. Square tell his wife has happened?

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

4. How do the inhabitants of Lineland comprehend distance?

5. Where does A. Square first see Lineland?

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