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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 ask for that he cannot be shown?
2. What does A. Square point out about the King's space?
3. What hinders A. Square's writing?
4. What is the primary focus of priests?
5. What do all inhabitants of Lineland see?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Circle attempt to prove in Chapter 17 to A. Square he is telling the truth? Why is this nearly convincing?
2. 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?
3. Explain the only recognition method used in Flatland, and why touch and sight are not used.
4. Explain how the inhabitant of Pointland views his world.
5. 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?
6. 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.
7. Describe what happens that leads to the imprisonment of A. Square.
8. Describe the evolution of Circles, and be sure to include both natural evolution and artificial evolution.
9. What methods does A. Square use to attempt to explain two dimensional space? Summarize the information he explains to the King.
10. Explain the shapes of Lineland in Chapter 13, and their existence in terms of movement and marriage.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout Flatland, there are several examples of biases within the legal system, such as the killing of policemen witnessing the arrival of the Sphere while the higher class Squares are imprisoned. Discuss at least two examples of such biases. What do you think Abbott was trying to say about the relationship between class and justice? Do you believe his points are still valid today? Why or why not? Be sure to support your answer with both concepts from the book and your own experiences.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 9, Abbott discusses the role of women in the near-passage of the Universal Color Bill. Discuss why women wanted the bill to pass, and why they would stand to benefit. Think of an event in history that women helped to shape, and compare the gains of the women in Flatland to the women in your example. Do the women stand to gain in the same ways? Do they differ? How?
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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