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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does A. Square first notice about the stranger?
(a) He is a criminal.
(b) His color changes.
(c) His size and brightness change.
(d) He is a square.
2. What is the first deed the stranger does to prove his point of third dimensions?
(a) Removes a tablet from a cupboard without opening the door.
(b) Removes dishes from the sink.
(c) Writes the situation out mathematically.
(d) Rises above Flatland.
3. What hinders A. Square's writing?
(a) There are only lines to write with.
(b) Their are only tablets to write with.
(c) There are diagrams.
(d) There is no mathematical equivalent.
4. What does the shape claim to be?
(a) Many squares in one
(b) Many triangles in one
(c) Many circles in one
(d) Many hexagons in one
5. What is believed to cause deviance?
(a) Irregular shape
(b) Lower class status
(c) A sense of rejection
(d) Upbringing
6. What happens as the race of circles climbs higher in development?
(a) They become more intelligent.
(b) They become less intelligent.
(c) They become more fertile.
(d) They become less fertile.
7. What is a circle in Flatland?
(a) A term for anyone higher than a triangle
(b) A term for anyone higher than a woman
(c) A true circle, with no sides
(d) A polygon with many sides
8. What is A. Square's first impression of Spaceland.
(a) It is beautiful.
(b) It is madness or hell.
(c) It is not real.
(d) It is ugly.
9. What do all inhabitants of Lineland see?
(a) Shapes
(b) Nothing
(c) Lines and points
(d) A single point
10. What does the Sphere admit at the end of the chapter?
(a) He is only a dream.
(b) He is really a circle from Flatland.
(c) He was wrong to be angry at A. Square for his questions.
(d) He was wrong, and has discovered the fourth dimension.
11. What does the wife originally believe the shape that appears in the house is?
(a) A triangle
(b) A circle
(c) A woman
(d) A square
12. What is the result of the lesson?
(a) The student leaves the room.
(b) The student understands.
(c) The student turns A. Square in to the Council.
(d) The student accuses A. Square of insanity.
13. Where does A. Square asked to be taken, after the stranger's explanation of those who believe in the fourth dimension?
(a) Higher Spaceland
(b) Thoughtland
(c) Lineland
(d) Pointland
14. What method of recognition is considered illegal?
(a) Sight
(b) Touch
(c) Sound
(d) Smell
15. Who does A. Square decide is fit for his lesson?
(a) The Council
(b) His son
(c) His grandson
(d) His daughter
Short Answer Questions
1. How does A. Square attack the stranger?
2. What prohibits A. Square's student from learning?
3. What shape does the grandson almost grasp?
4. What does A. Square say about true space?
5. Why is deception not a problem in Lineland?
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