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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. What type of paradise do Case and Flatline find?

2. What does Riviera cause to appear in Case's drink?

3. Who are the Panther Moderns, according to Case's research?

4. Why does Linda lie about Wage wanting to kill Case?

5. What does Molly always think about first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Case when he tries to hack into the AI?

2. How does Case feel about the simstim link with Molly?

3. Why do the police react so harshly to the emergency call?

4. What makes the Panther Moderns unique? Why do you think Molly would want to involve them?

5. Describe the pace and type of business that Case must contend with.

6. How does Gibson describe technology, both new and old?

7. Write a short character profile of Molly, and why she takes such an interest in Case.

8. Why is being unable to enter cyberspace such a harsh penalty for Case?

9. What does Corto do after the trials are finished?

10. Who are the Turing police? What is known about them so far?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the unresolved issues and guilt that Case experiences in relation to his former girlfriend, Linda Lee. Be sure to touch upon:

1) What Linda represented to Case.

2) What Case would change if he had the opportunity to do things over again.

3) What Case's treatment of Linda tells us about his true character.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the role of technology in the human search for immortality. Be sure to address:

1) Possible applications of technology to extend human life, i.e., electronic encoding of the brain, medical science, cybernetics, etc.

2) Social, economic, and demographical effects of living forever.

3) Other methods, either scientific or mystical, by which humans have attempted to gain immortality.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the role of cyberspace and the Internet in human development. Be sure to address:

1) The positive effects of the Internet.

2) The negative effects.

3) What you feel will be the long-term effect upon humanity, whether positive, negative, or both.

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