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

2. What do all inhabitants of Lineland see?
(a) Lines and points
(b) Shapes
(c) A single point
(d) Nothing

3. What does the shape claim to be?
(a) Many circles in one
(b) Many triangles in one
(c) Many hexagons in one
(d) Many squares in one

4. What is the first deed the stranger does to prove his point of third dimensions?
(a) Removes dishes from the sink.
(b) Writes the situation out mathematically.
(c) Removes a tablet from a cupboard without opening the door.
(d) Rises above Flatland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who controls Flatland?

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

3. What directions are A. Square unable to grasp?

4. Who does A. Square decide is fit for his lesson?

5. How does A. Square know he is to be punished for his views?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens that leads to the imprisonment of A. Square.

2. How does the Circle attempt to prove in Chapter 17 to A. Square he is telling the truth? Why is this nearly convincing?

3. Describe the Circle Class physically, and in terms of their role in society.

4. Why does A. Square attack the Circle at the end of Chapter 16? Who does A. Square remind you of at this point, and why?

5. What situation leads to the taking of A. Square into Spaceland at the end of Chapter 17?

6. Describe the scene between A. Square and his grandson in Chapter 15, and summarize the grandson's argument for a third dimension.

7. Explain the only recognition method used in Flatland, and why touch and sight are not used.

8. Explain why A. Square chooses his grandson to be the student for his lesson about the Fourth Dimension, and why he doesn't choose another student.

9. What does A. Square feel is improper regarding the relationship between Circles and Women, and concerning the relationship between men and women in general?

10. Explain the primary focus of Circles in Chapter 12, and the reasoning behind that focus.

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