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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. What could 3Jane's mother not imagine?

3. What does Case try to do when he finds out that he has been tricked after jacking in?

4. Who is starting 'to go'?

5. What wakes Case up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Armitage in this chapter?

2. How is Straylight described to Case?

3. How does Case compare Corto to the Tessier-Ashpools?

4. How does Case find strength within himself?

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

6. How does Molly describe the assassin who kills her former partner?

7. How does the story end? What happens to Case?

8. How does Molly get her revenge on Riviera?

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

10. How is Case tricked in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that explains Riviera's relationships with women, and how this personality trait can be seen through his actions in the novel. Be sure to address:

1) Any similarities Riviera has with real-life criminals.

2) How Riviera's actions caused Molly to plot to kill him.

3) The role the Riviera character plays in the novel, i.e., villain, comic relief, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the industry of data security. Be sure to address:

1) Challenges that the industry has faced in the past, and faces at the moment.

2) Some well-documented cases of breaches of data security.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the past failures and bad experiences that influence and motivate the characters in Neuromancer. Each section of the essay will focus on a particular character. Be sure to address:

1) Whether the past of each character is a strength or weakness.

2) What the characters might be like if they did not have these pasts to draw upon.

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