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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 line claim to be?
2. What do those in power actually do?
3. What is the average perimeter of a circle?
4. What is the second deed the stranger does to prove his point of third dimensions?
5. How do the inhabitants of Lineland comprehend distance?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the only recognition method used in Flatland, and why touch and sight are not used.
2. Describe the evolution of Circles, and be sure to include both natural evolution and artificial evolution.
3. Explain A. Square's login that a Fourth dimension must exist.
4. Explain why A. Square had to be sure to be in a certain position in order to speak to the King of Lineland. What would the King have experienced if A. Square had not done this?
5. 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.
6. 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?
7. What does the grandson hear outside the window in Chapter 21? Why does he become afraid? What does this fear cause him to reject?
8. What does A. Square feel is improper regarding the relationship between Circles and Women, and concerning the relationship between men and women in general?
9. Explain A. Square's argument that he is now God, and Sphere's rebuttal in Chapter 18.
10. What method does A. Square next attempt to use to describe the Fourth Dimension? Why does he find it difficult?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, Circles use their power to control the lower classes. Discuss at least three examples of this abuse of power. What do you think Abbott was attempting to say about the aristocratic powers of his own time?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 4, Abbott discusses the role of women in Flatland. He clearly uses the women in the novel to symbolize how women are treated in Victorian society. Discuss how Abbott portrays women in the novel, and compare it to both women in historic times, as well as in modern times. Has the treatment of women improved? If so, is the change universal? If not, what types of viewpoints have not changed? Do you feel such treatment is valid, or unjust? Why?
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