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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. Where has Marly already met the waiter that tips her off?

2. What is Ougou Feray?

3. Who knows black medicine from both Hosaka and Maas?

4. What is sent on Turner's trail?

5. Where does Oakey recognize Turner from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the Maas cyberdeck?

2. How is the Wig introduced?

3. What happened to the wealth of the Tessier-Ashpool clan?

4. How is Paco introduced?

5. How relevant is the information given to Marly by Picard?

6. What does Marly buy with her new found wealth?

7. What happens at Leon's?

8. What secret does Andrea reveal?

9. What opinion does Paco have of Alain?

10. What are Marly's impressions of Virek?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of the cyberspace gods? How does Gibson characterize them? Why are they characterized? What are their motives? Do they differ from the human characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think Bobby is naive and why? How does this impact on his relationships with the other characters?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the narrative's setting. How does it differ from the world of today? How does the author express these differences? What might have been different in the book if it had been written today?

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