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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 long is a New York minute?

2. What is Ougou Feray?

3. Who suggests meeting in the brasserie?

4. Where does Oakey recognize Turner from?

5. Why does Turner sleep with his shoes on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Rudy and Turner get along?

2. What advantage does the medic from the black clinics of Chiba have?

3. Why is Marly surprised Virek is trying to hire her?

4. What does Lucas mean when he calls Jackie a horse?

5. What is the significance of the Maas cyberdeck?

6. Where does Oakey know Turner from?

7. What secret does Andrea reveal?

8. How is Paco introduced?

9. What is the real intent of Alain's meeting?

10. Why did Two-a-Day's choose the site for Bobby's run?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Gibson depict corporations in the book? How does today's society currently perceive corporations? Do you think that Gibson's vision of future corporations is possible?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following characters and discuss how the narrative would be affected if they were left out.

1. Jackie.

2. Andrea.

3. Paco.

Essay Topic 3

If the book were made into a film, how would Gibson's style of narrative be reflected in film? Would the book make a good film?

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