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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 shape are soldiers?
(a) Equilateral triangles
(b) Squares
(c) Straight lines
(d) Isosceles Triangles
2. Because of their education, what method of recognition is considered a serious offense?
(a) Sight
(b) Smell
(c) Feeling
(d) Hearing
3. Who is the editor, in reality, who wrote the Preface?
(a) Edward Abbott
(b) Paul Kennedy
(c) A. Square
(d) Banesh Hoffman
4. What does the shape of women prevent?
(a) Walking
(b) Childbirth
(c) Swimming
(d) Spontaneous passion
5. How can inhabitants conceive of angles?
(a) They infer them.
(b) They understand the mathematics behind them.
(c) They don't understand angles.
(d) They see them.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to Equilateral children of Isosceles Triangles?
2. What does the editor compare Flatland's third dimension to in Spaceland?
3. What is the Law of Nature?
4. How many points are on a compass in Flatland?
5. What does Hoffman admit Abbott succeeded in defeating?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to aristocratic children who fail exams, and as a result, what does the State feel should happen?
2. Summarize A. Square's explanation of Flatland.
3. What are the three rules created for women, in order to protect society? What are the rules in the strictest society?
4. Explain why square and triangular homes are not allowed. In addition, explain why government buildings are allowed to be triangular.
5. Explain how sound is used to recognize lower shape classes, and why such a method cannot be used by the upper class.
6. What is the author's primary defense against the idea that those in Flatland should recognize thickness, and infer a dimension?
7. Explain the overall shape of a woman in Flatland, and why such a shape is detrimental?
8. What happens to irregular figures? Be sure to discuss all irregulars, including those with highly irregular figures.
9. What is the law of nature that helps protect the upper class? Which law of nature do Circles use to help stifle agitation?
10. What example does A. Square use to show his reasoning behind the need for regularity of shape?
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