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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. Who does A. Square decide is fit for his lesson?
2. What dimension does the stranger attempt to explain?
3. At the end of the chapter, what does A. Square hear that the Council does to individuals who speak of the Third dimension?
4. What does A. Square do at the end of the chapter?
5. What is the final fate for A. Square?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. Describe the evolution of Circles, and be sure to include both natural evolution and artificial evolution.
3. 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?
4. Explain A. Square's argument that he is now God, and Sphere's rebuttal in Chapter 18.
5. Explain the shapes of Lineland in Chapter 13, and their existence in terms of movement and marriage.
6. The Circle attempts to use an analogy to explain three dimensional space to A. Square in Chapter 16. Summarize this analogy.
7. What situation leads to the taking of A. Square into Spaceland at the end of Chapter 17?
8. Explain A. Square's login that a Fourth dimension must exist.
9. 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.
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
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
Several individuals in the novel resort to violence in response to new ideas given by other individuals. Explain two of these situations. Why do you think these characters resorted to violence? Do you think people in our world resort to violence in the face of change? Why or why not?
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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