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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. What does the stranger threaten he will do if A. Square does not let go?
2. What does A. Square tell his wife has happened?
3. What is A. Square's first impression of Spaceland.
4. What dimension does the stranger attempt to explain?
5. What class is most likely to marry a woman with irregular ancestry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does A. Square feel is improper regarding the relationship between Circles and Women, and concerning the relationship between men and women in general?
2. Describe the scene between A. Square and his grandson in Chapter 15, and summarize the grandson's argument for a third dimension.
3. Explain how the inhabitant of Pointland views his world.
4. Describe the evolution of Circles, and be sure to include both natural evolution and artificial evolution.
5. Explain A. Square's login that a Fourth dimension must exist.
6. Explain the shapes of Lineland in Chapter 13, and their existence in terms of movement and marriage.
7. Describe what happens that leads to the imprisonment of A. Square.
8. The Circle attempts to use an analogy to explain three dimensional space to A. Square in Chapter 16. Summarize this analogy.
9. What does A. Square's wife do to the Circle at the end of the chapter? Why does she become afraid and embarrassed?
10. Explain the only recognition method used in Flatland, and why touch and sight are not used.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several individuals in the novel resort to violence in response to new ideas given by other individuals. Explain two of these situations. Why do you think these characters resorted to violence? Do you think people in our world resort to violence in the face of change? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Circles in Flatland strive to achieve a higher shape, and thereby a higher position in society. Explain three ways Circles attempt to improve their shape. What do these changes symbolize in the real world? Do you believe that attaining a higher status in life should be a primary goal? If so, why? If not, what should be a primary goal?
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