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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 recognition method is used as a teaching tool by the stranger?

2. What shape does the stranger use to teach about solids?

3. What changes A. Square's mind about who to educate first?

4. In Spaceland, what is valued highest: intellect, emotion, money, or faith?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the grandson hear outside the window in Chapter 21? Why does he become afraid? What does this fear cause him to reject?

2. 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?

3. 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.

4. Why does the Sphere throw A. Square from Spaceland at the end of Chapter 19? Who does Sphere remind you of at this point, and why?

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

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

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

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

9. Summarize the scene A. Square sees at the General Assembly Hall of the States of Flatland, and what Sphere does at the end of Chapter 18.

10. Explain how the inhabitant of Pointland views his world.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In Flatland, only the upper class have rights to certain privileges. Discuss at least two examples of such privileges. Do you think the upper class in modern society has more privileges than the lower classes? Why?

Essay Topic 3

In Flatland, children are often punished as a result of their parent's wishes. Choose one of the following, and discuss what happens to these children in the novel. Is such treatment justified? Why or why not? Does modern society punish the children as a result of parental wishes? How?

1.) Young shapes are surgically altered to create more sides.

2.) Children who fail exams are shunned in society.

3.) Irregular children are used as specimens in schools.

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