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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 is a circle in Flatland?
2. What changes A. Square's mind about who to educate first?
3. What does A. Square ask for that he cannot be shown?
4. What class is most likely to marry a woman with irregular ancestry?
5. What does A. Square tell his wife has happened?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Circle attempt to prove in Chapter 17 to A. Square he is telling the truth? Why is this nearly convincing?
2. 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.
3. Describe the Circle Class physically, and in terms of their role in society.
4. Explain A. Square's argument that he is now God, and Sphere's rebuttal in Chapter 18.
5. What method does A. Square next attempt to use to describe the Fourth Dimension? Why does he find it difficult?
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 the only recognition method used in Flatland, and why touch and sight are not used.
8. What does A. Square's wife do to the Circle at the end of the chapter? Why does she become afraid and embarrassed?
9. The Circle attempts to use an analogy to explain three dimensional space to A. Square in Chapter 16. Summarize this analogy.
10. What does the grandson hear outside the window in Chapter 21? Why does he become afraid? What does this fear cause him to reject?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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