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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Maelcum injured?

2. Why does Neuromancer have Riviera's eyes?

3. Whose image is the doorman fooled with?

4. What could 3Jane's mother not imagine?

5. Who is Maelcum not to kill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Turing agents?

2. What happens to Molly in this chapter? What will Case do about it?

3. What does Wintermute warn Case about at the end of the chapter?

4. Why does Case try to save Corto/Armitage?

5. What do you think the code word is?

6. What does Michele tell Case about the severity of his crimes?

7. What happens to Armitage in this chapter?

8. How is Case revived from the dream?

9. How does Wintermute get Case and Maelcum into the Straylight?

10. Why does Ashpool kill his wife? How does her death affect the family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research the character of Molly and write an essay about her. Be sure to address:

1) The role Molly plays in other Gibson novels.

2) How her character develops over the course of these novels, and her relationships with other characters.

3) Whether Molly is a hero, an anti-hero, or a villain, and why.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the technological predictions that William Gibson has for the future. Be sure to address:

1) Whether or not the technologies described are realistic.

2) The likely impact of these technologies upon society.

3) Whether or not humanity will ultimately be better off with these new technologies.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the genre "cyberpunk.'" Be sure to address:

1) Identifying characteristics of the genre.

2) How cyberpunk may have influenced the evolution of technology and the Internet.

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