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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 State do with smaller angle specimens used for teaching tools?
(a) They are used as food for higher angle specimens.
(b) They are not fed, and thus killed.
(c) They are paid well.
(d) They are dissected.

2. What ended the women's support of the bill?
(a) The attack of a young woman by an Isosceles pretending to be a higher class shape.
(b) The attack of a young woman by a Circle pretending to be a lower class shape
(c) The attack of a young woman by an Right Triangle pretending to be a higher class shape
(d) The attack of a young woman by a Square pretending to be a higher class shape

3. What does Hoffman say about the first three dimensions?
(a) They are spatial.
(b) They are temporal.
(c) They are stable.
(d) They are unstable.

4. 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.

5. What physical trait makes women in Flatland dangerous?
(a) They are pointed on both ends.
(b) They have three pointed sides.
(c) They are very smart.
(d) They are very strong.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Under what name was Flatland originally published?

3. What does Hoffman say about the fourth dimension?

4. Where are readers assumed to live?

5. What shape are soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the temper of women useful in ridding society of the most brutal of the Isosceles class?

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

4. What were the events surrounding the spread of desire to color Flatland, and how long did almost complete colorization take?

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

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

7. Based on the end of the Preface, what is the author attempting to say about the ruling class of his time?

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

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

10. Name some features of the houses of Flatland.

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