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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. Where does A. Square first see Lineland?
2. Where does A. Square asked to be taken, after the stranger's explanation of those who believe in the fourth dimension?
3. What does the Sphere admit at the end of the chapter?
4. How does A. Square attack the stranger?
5. How does A. Square attempt to prove he can see in Lineland?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does A. Square's wife do to the Circle at the end of the chapter? Why does she become afraid and embarrassed?
2. What method does A. Square next attempt to use to describe the Fourth Dimension? Why does he find it difficult?
3. Why does the Sphere throw A. Square from Spaceland at the end of Chapter 19? Who does Sphere remind you of at this point, and why?
4. 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?
5. Explain the shapes of Lineland in Chapter 13, and their existence in terms of movement and marriage.
6. 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?
7. 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.
8. Explain how the inhabitant of Pointland views his world.
9. How does the Circle attempt to prove in Chapter 17 to A. Square he is telling the truth? Why is this nearly convincing?
10. What methods does A. Square use to attempt to explain two dimensional space? Summarize the information he explains to the King.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Class clearly plays an important role in the novel, both in terms of the storyline and in terms of Abbott's use of symbolism to represent Victorian society. Discuss, in detail, Abbott's overall point about the class structure of society, and it's impact on each of the following:
1. Education
2. The legal system
3. Marriage
4. War
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