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Flatland is an 1884 novel by Edwin A. Abbott. The narrator describes the novel’s setting as a world consisting entirely of two-dimensional geometric figures, whose existence is confined to the surface of a plane: ________
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Which quotation from Flatland most effectively illustrates the claim?
"As early as the eleventh century of our era, triangular houses were universally forbidden by Law, the only exceptions being fortifications, [gun]powder magazines, barracks, and other state buildings, which is not desirable that the general public should approach."
A
"Every human being in Flatland is a Regular Figure, that is to say of regular construction. By this I mean that a Woman must not only be a line, but a straight line; that an Artisan or Soldier must have two of his sides equal."
B
"The sizes of the [figures'] sides would of course depend upon the age of the individual.... A tall adult Woman might extend to a foot. As to the Males of every class, it may be roughly said that the length of an adult’s size, when added together, is
C
D
"The sizes of the [figures'] sides would of course depend upon the age of the individual.... A tall adult Woman might extend to a foot. As to the Males of every class, it may be roughly said that the length of an adult's size, when added together, is two feet, or a little more."
C
"In a Land of two Dimensions, our houses are necessarily of a peculiar construction; for as we cannot have angles meeting in a single point, the buildings of the wealthier classes possess a quaint pentagonal arrangement, with rooms opening upon a central court."
D