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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 Sphere admit at the end of the chapter?
2. How does the stranger defend his idea that omnipotence is not a quality of Gods?
3. What is believed to cause deviance?
4. What does the Sphere point out about being self-content?
5. How does marriage occur in Lineland?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the evolution of Circles, and be sure to include both natural evolution and artificial evolution.
2. What does A. Square's wife do to the Circle at the end of the chapter? Why does she become afraid and embarrassed?
3. Explain the shapes of Lineland in Chapter 13, and their existence in terms of movement and marriage.
4. How does the Circle attempt to prove in Chapter 17 to A. Square he is telling the truth? Why is this nearly convincing?
5. What methods does A. Square use to attempt to explain two dimensional space? Summarize the information he explains to the King.
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. What method does A. Square next attempt to use to describe the Fourth Dimension? Why does he find it difficult?
8. Discuss how complacency is viewed by Sphere.
9. 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.
10. 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.
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 Chapter 18, Sphere and A. Square discuss A. Square's belief that the ability to see everything makes one a God. Explain A. Square's argument, and Sphere's comments. Which do you agree with, and why? What other qualities do you believe a God must have? Why?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 4, Abbott discusses the role of women in Flatland. He clearly uses the women in the novel to symbolize how women are treated in Victorian society. Discuss how Abbott portrays women in the novel, and compare it to both women in historic times, as well as in modern times. Has the treatment of women improved? If so, is the change universal? If not, what types of viewpoints have not changed? Do you feel such treatment is valid, or unjust? Why?
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