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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 A. Square fear about this lack of training?

2. What does A. Square's wife yell at A. Square for in this chapter?

3. What dimension does the stranger attempt to explain?

4. What does A. Square first notice about the stranger?

5. What prohibits A. Square's student from learning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain A. Square's argument that he is now God, and Sphere's rebuttal in Chapter 18.

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

3. 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.

4. Explain how the inhabitant of Pointland views his world.

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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.

9. 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?

10. The Circle attempts to use an analogy to explain three dimensional space to A. Square in Chapter 16. Summarize this analogy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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