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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to a line as it gets closer in Flatland?
(a) It gets smaller.
(b) It gets larger.
(c) It gets thinner.
(d) It gets thicker.

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

3. What were Edwin Abbott's primary interests?
(a) Literature and mathematics
(b) Literature and theology
(c) Literature and social sciences
(d) Literature and physics

4. How can inhabitants conceive of angles?
(a) They infer them.
(b) They don't understand angles.
(c) They see them.
(d) They understand the mathematics behind them.

5. What does the editor compare Flatland's third dimension to in Spaceland?
(a) The first dimension
(b) The fourth dimension
(c) The second dimension
(d) The fifth dimension

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hoffman say is the fourth dimension?

2. What does the editor say is his third reason for writing the preface?

3. What does Hoffman say about the fourth dimension?

4. What have the priests discovered about increasing laws against women that force them to be confined at home?

5. What happens to a line as it gets further away in Flatland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What example does A. Square use to show his reasoning behind the need for regularity of shape?

2. How does A. Square explain the lack of ability to discern changes in retraction or projection in Chapter 1?

3. What happens to irregular figures? Be sure to discuss all irregulars, including those with highly irregular figures.

4. What is the author's primary defense against the idea that those in Flatland should recognize thickness, and infer a dimension?

5. Explain the basic process of evolution, as described in Chapter 3.

6. What appears to be the reasoning behind the need for the preface of this novel?

7. Summarize A. Square's explanation of Flatland.

8. What are some of the characteristics of women in Chapter 5?

9. What happens to aristocratic children who fail exams, and as a result, what does the State feel should happen?

10. What occurred when individuals began to question where light came from?

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