Study Questions
for
Edwin Abbott’s Flatland

Read:

Part I: chapters 1 & 2
Part II: all chapters

SQs:

1. Why are the inhabitants of Flatland unable to imagine Spaceland?
2. Why does the sphere have so much trouble explaining Spaceland to the Square? (see esp chp 16)
3. And why is this still the case even after the Sphere visually shows himself to the Square?
4. Why have the officials of Flatland put the Square into an institution following his experiences?