Flatland Characters
Social Structure
The Dimensions
Geometry of Flatland
Women in Flatland
100

Who is the narrator of Flatland?

Who is a square?

100

Who has the highest social status in Flatland society?

What is the circles (priests)?

100

What dimension does Flatland exist in?

What is the second dimension?

100

What happens to a shape’s status as it gains more sides?

What is it increases?

100

What geometric shape are women in Flatland?

What is a straight line?

200

What is the narrator's profession?

What is a mathematician?

200

What happens to irregular figures in Flatland?

What is they are considered deformed and often killed or sent to reform institutions?

200

What is the name of the dimension above Flatland?

What is Spaceland?

200

What special class of shapes rules Flatland?

What are circles?

200

Why are women considered dangerous in Flatland?

What is because they can accidentally stab others?

300

Who represents the third dimension?

Who is a sphere?

300

What are women seen as in Flatland society?

What is a passive but potentially dangerous class?

300

What shape visits the narrator from Spaceland?

Who is a Sphere?

300

What shapes make up the middle class of Flatland?

What is equilateral triangles and squares?

300

What behavior is legally required of women in public?

What is continuous peace-crying and swaying side to side?

400

Who is the Square’s grandson that is interested in dimensions?

Who is a Hexagon?

400

How does a shape rise in the social classes of Flatland?

What is by having sons with more sides than than themselves?

400

What happens when the Square tries to explain the third dimension to Flatland?

What is he is imprisoned?

400

What shape represents the lowest class of males in Flatland?

What is an isosceles triangle?

400

What are the educational opportunities for women in Flatland?

What is none they are denied education.

500

Who tries to imprison the Square for his dangerous ideas?

Who is the circles?

500

What societal law enforces conformity?

What is the law of regularity?

500

What is the dimension lower than Flatland?

What is Lineland?

500

What is the term for a shape with so many sides it appears like a circle?

What is a polygon of high regularity (or a near-circle)?

500

What are women in Flatland not allowed to do. (Hint it reflects their lack of education and power.)

What is participate in politics or speak freely?

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