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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. At the end of the chapter, what does A. Square hear that the Council does to individuals who speak of the Third dimension?
2. What method of recognition is considered illegal?
3. What does A. Square believe the straight lines in his dream to be?
4. Where does A. Square asked to be taken, after the stranger's explanation of those who believe in the fourth dimension?
5. How does A. Square attack the stranger?
Short Essay Questions
1. What situation leads to the taking of A. Square into Spaceland at the end of Chapter 17?
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. What does A. Square's wife do to the Circle at the end of the chapter? Why does she become afraid and embarrassed?
4. Describe what happens that leads to the imprisonment of A. Square.
5. What does the grandson hear outside the window in Chapter 21? Why does he become afraid? What does this fear cause him to reject?
6. What does A. Square feel is improper regarding the relationship between Circles and Women, and concerning the relationship between men and women in general?
7. Explain A. Square's login that a Fourth dimension must exist.
8. Explain the primary focus of Circles in Chapter 12, and the reasoning behind that focus.
9. The Circle attempts to use an analogy to explain three dimensional space to A. Square in Chapter 16. Summarize this analogy.
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
Throughout the novel, the idea of individuals using drastic measures to overcome their position in life is presented. Give at least two examples of this in the novel, and discuss in depth the process these individuals endure. Do you think such drastic measures are used in today's society? Do you believe such measures are justified?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 7, A. Square explains what happens to individuals who are shaped irregularly. Discuss the consequences of irregularity in Flatland. Does our society have similar punishments for those who deviate from the norm? Explain your answer by discussing a particular group of individuals who deviate from the norm, and how they are treated by society. Do you believe such treatment is just, or wrong? Why?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 9, Abbott discusses the role of women in the near-passage of the Universal Color Bill. Discuss why women wanted the bill to pass, and why they would stand to benefit. Think of an event in history that women helped to shape, and compare the gains of the women in Flatland to the women in your example. Do the women stand to gain in the same ways? Do they differ? How?
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