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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where are readers assumed to live?
2. What allows this method to be possible?
3. What does the "pull" in Flatland represent in Spaceland?
4. How do families rise in standing?
5. What can inhabitants of Flatland NOT do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how sound is used to recognize lower shape classes, and why such a method cannot be used by the upper class.
2. Explain the overall shape of a woman in Flatland, and why such a shape is detrimental?
3. Explain the use of color in the military of Flatland.
4. In Chapter 1, what does A. Square compare sight in Flatland to in the three dimensional world, Spaceland, and what is the comparison?
5. In Chapter 5, A. Square explains how the Law of Nature provides an alphabet of angles through the birth of irregular angles and shapes. Explain what is done with irregular specimens in Flatland. Be sure to include small angle shapes in your discussion.
6. What happens to irregular figures? Be sure to discuss all irregulars, including those with highly irregular figures.
7. Explain the basic process of evolution, as described in Chapter 3.
8. What was the Universal Color Bill, and why did women support it?
9. What is Hoffman's belief about the relatability of the characters in the novel?
10. Explain the shape of workmen and soldiers, women, the middle class, the professionals, and noblemen, or priests.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Flatland, Abbott uses shapes as representations of individuals within his own society. Choose three shapes from Flatland, and discuss how they relate to the true groups such shapes represent. Be sure to include such concepts as class, intellectual pursuit, and power.
Essay Topic 2
Fear is a vital theme throughout Flatland, as it is used for a variety of purposes. Choose one of the following situations, and explain how fear is used to control the population. Do you believe this power was abused, or used for a just cause? Do you think fear is still used to control populations? Is this a just method of control? Why or why not?
1. The final meeting of the community to pass or deny the Universal Color Bill
2. The proclamation by the Circles at the end of the novel, in terms of those discussing a third dimension
3. The threat of death for irregular shapes
Essay Topic 3
In Flatland, there are several Laws of Nature discussed that serve to keep the Circles in power. Choose one of these laws, and explain it in depth. Does such a law of nature truly exist in the world? What do you believe Abbott was trying to say by introducing this law?
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