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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 changes A. Square's mind about who to educate first?
(a) He realizes women are too dim to understand.
(b) He is afraid of divorce.
(c) He cannot seem to recall the information as clearly.
(d) He is afraid of imprisonment.

2. What does the Sphere point out about being self-content?
(a) It equals ignorance.
(b) It equals stupidity.
(c) It equals strength.
(d) It equals happiness.

3. What happens as the race of circles climbs higher in development?
(a) They become more fertile.
(b) They become more intelligent.
(c) They become less intelligent.
(d) They become less fertile.

4. Why does A. Square believe his sons will not understand?
(a) They are triangles.
(b) They are Council members.
(c) They are not intelligent.
(d) They are not good with mathematics.

5. What does the stranger threaten he will do if A. Square does not let go?
(a) He will take him to Spaceland.
(b) He will take him to Pointland.
(c) He will kill him.
(d) He will take him to Lineland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second deed the stranger does to prove his point of third dimensions?

2. What does A. Square discover about the stranger when he is allowed to feel his body?

3. What does A. Square tell his wife has happened?

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

5. What does A. Square point out about the King's space?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does A. Square's wife do to the Circle at the end of the chapter? Why does she become afraid and embarrassed?

2. Explain A. Square's argument that he is now God, and Sphere's rebuttal in Chapter 18.

3. Describe the evolution of Circles, and be sure to include both natural evolution and artificial evolution.

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

5. Explain the shapes of Lineland in Chapter 13, and their existence in terms of movement and marriage.

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

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

8. Explain A. Square's login that a Fourth dimension must exist.

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

10. The Circle attempts to use an analogy to explain three dimensional space to A. Square in Chapter 16. Summarize this analogy.

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