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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 the second deed the stranger does to prove his point of third dimensions?

2. Where does A. Square travel in his dream?

3. What shape does the grandson almost grasp?

4. How is the regularity of women monitored?

5. What is A. Square's first impression of Spaceland.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe what happens that leads to the imprisonment of A. Square.

4. 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.

5. 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?

6. Describe the scene between A. Square and his grandson in Chapter 15, and summarize the grandson's argument for a third dimension.

7. Describe the Circle Class physically, and in terms of their role in society.

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

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

10. Discuss how complacency is viewed by Sphere.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 7, A. Square explains what happens to individuals who are shaped irregularly. Discuss the consequences of irregularity in Flatland. Does our society have similar punishments for those who deviate from the norm? Explain your answer by discussing a particular group of individuals who deviate from the norm, and how they are treated by society. Do you believe such treatment is just, or wrong? Why?

Essay Topic 2

In the Preface, the author defends his positions that height is immeasurable in Flatland, that his writing of women is just, and that his position on the upper class of Victorian society is valid. Choose one of these positions, and either support or argue against Abbott's positions. Be sure to include both Abbott's original position on the subject, as well as your own analysis of Abbott's position.

Essay Topic 3

In the book, there are several methods of recognition discussed including sound, sight, and feel. Compare the methods explained in the book to our own methods using the same senses. How are they the same? How do they differ? If you were to lose two of these senses, do you think the remaining one would be accurate 100 percent of the time?

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