View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Turner's agent?

2. What is Jones about to do before Paco interrupts?

3. Which tape does Marly choose to watch?

4. What is the first aid kit full of?

5. Where does Paleologos suggest Marly go based on her looks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Bobby and Jackie use Jammer's deck?

2. What leads to Marly leaving Paco?

3. How does Virek finally die?

4. Why does Jackie become responsible for Bobby?

5. What does Turner realize is not always true?

6. How does Jammer explain the beings in cyberspace?

7. Why does Marly decide against her connecting flight?

8. What is the significance of the Finn not answering his phone?

9. How does the presence of Angie affect Bobby?

10. How does Turner explain the situation his brother Rudy is in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author use different characters to drive the narrative? Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the narrative's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 699 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample