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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, How I Tried to Teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to My Grandson, and with What Success.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What power do women have in Flatland that makes them even more deadly?
(a) They can see further than any other form.
(b) They can make themselves invisible.
(c) They can change into other forms.
(d) They can move very quickly.

2. What does Hoffman say about the first three dimensions?
(a) They are temporal.
(b) They are unstable.
(c) They are stable.
(d) They are spatial.

3. What is the third unrecognized dimension in Flatland?
(a) Weight
(b) Height
(c) Space
(d) Time

4. The author notes these individuals have a similar experience in Spaceland that helps explain what things look like in Flatland.
(a) Mechanics
(b) Sailors
(c) Tight rope walkers
(d) Writers

5. What class is most likely to marry a woman with irregular ancestry?
(a) Equilateral
(b) Pentagons
(c) Squares
(d) Circles

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Law of Compensation?

3. Where are readers assumed to live?

4. Who was the first person to invent color?

5. What happens to a line as it gets closer in Flatland?

(see the answer key)

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