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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 say about the fourth dimension?

2. How does the stranger defend his idea that omnipotence is not a quality of Gods?

3. What are women not taught to do?

4. At the end of the chapter, what does A. Square hear that the Council does to individuals who speak of the Third dimension?

5. How does A. Square attack the stranger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the only recognition method used in Flatland, and why touch and sight are not used.

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. What method does A. Square next attempt to use to describe the Fourth Dimension? Why does he find it difficult?

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

6. Explain the primary focus of Circles in Chapter 12, and the reasoning behind that focus.

7. Discuss how complacency is viewed by Sphere.

8. What situation leads to the taking of A. Square into Spaceland at the end of Chapter 17?

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. What does A. Square feel is improper regarding the relationship between Circles and Women, and concerning the relationship between men and women in general?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the evolutionary process in Flatland, as explained in Chapter 3. Be sure to include not only the basics given, but also specific information about lower class individuals, Equilateral triangles, and Circles. Compare this evolutionary process to that of humans.

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