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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 does the editor say is the first objection to the novel?
(a) That distance should be noted in the novel.
(b) That weight should be noted in the novel.
(c) That thickness should be noted in the novel.
(d) That direction should be noted in the novel.

2. What shape are the middle class members?
(a) Equilateral triangles
(b) Straight lines
(c) Squares
(d) Isosceles triangles

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

4. According to Hoffman, what is the goal of the novel?
(a) To instruct
(b) To prove the fourth dimension
(c) To waste time
(d) To entertain

5. What does the editor say is the second objection to the novel?
(a) That the author hates children.
(b) That the author hates women.
(c) That the author hates priests.
(d) That the author hates men.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the editor's defense of the first objection?

3. What class does the Equilateral triangle represent?

4. What work are irregular shapes allowed to have?

5. How can inhabitants conceive of angles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize A. Square's example of how to imagine how inhabitants of Flatland see one another.

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

3. What happened when the Circles regained power following defeat of the color bill? Please be specific.

4. What was the Universal Color Bill, and why did women support it?

5. Explain why square and triangular homes are not allowed. In addition, explain why government buildings are allowed to be triangular.

6. Why does Hoffman believe the development of the fourth dimension does not lessen the lessons of the book?

7. What caused women to turn against the color bill?

8. What does Hoffman mean when he calls the novel timeless in the Introduction?

9. Explain how sight recognition is used in upper classes, and why such a method cannot be used for the lower class.

10. What tools do inhabitants use to discern direction in Flatland?

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