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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Hoffman, what is the goal of the novel?
(a) To instruct
(b) To prove the fourth dimension
(c) To entertain
(d) To waste time
2. What does the editor say is his third reason for writing the preface?
(a) To explain misconceptions
(b) To introduce the novel
(c) To thank readers and critics in Spaceland
(d) To apologize for errors and misprints
3. What shape of houses is not allowed?
(a) Circle
(b) Pentagon
(c) Triangle
(d) Oval
4. How did the Legislature finally stop individuals from trying to find the source of light in Flatland?
(a) They told them the light was from God.
(b) They taxed them until they stopped asking questions.
(c) They prohibited the question entirely.
(d) They sent those who questioned to prison.
5. What class does the Equilateral triangle represent?
(a) Worker
(b) Woman
(c) Priest
(d) Tradesmen
Short Answer Questions
1. How do families rise in standing?
2. What is the Law of Nature?
3. What can men do when women are in their apartments?
4. The author notes these individuals have a similar experience in Spaceland that helps explain what things look like in Flatland.
5. What does the editor say is his first reason for writing the preface?
Short Essay Questions
1. Based on the end of the Preface, what is the author attempting to say about the ruling class of his time?
2. In Chapter 5, A. Square explains how the Law of Nature provides an alphabet of angles through the birth of irregular angles and shapes. Explain what is done with irregular specimens in Flatland. Be sure to include small angle shapes in your discussion.
3. What are some of the characteristics of women in Chapter 5?
4. What appears to be the reasoning behind the need for the preface of this novel?
5. What does Hoffman mean when he calls the novel timeless in the Introduction?
6. Explain how sight recognition is used in upper classes, and why such a method cannot be used for the lower class.
7. Explain how sound is used to recognize lower shape classes, and why such a method cannot be used by the upper class.
8. What caused women to turn against the color bill?
9. Why does Hoffman believe the development of the fourth dimension does not lessen the lessons of the book?
10. What is the author's primary defense against the idea that those in Flatland should recognize thickness, and infer a dimension?
This section contains 962 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
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