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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 is Freeside?

2. What hotel are the characters staying at in Istanbul?

3. What is Flatline's construct stored on?

4. What season is it?

5. What do Case and Molly do in Case's room after the operation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Finn think of Istanbul? Why?

2. What was Case's profession? How did he lose his ability?

3. What is cyberspace?

4. What is Freeside? How is life and business there different? Why is Case not interested in it?

5. What happens when the characters come upon Riviera?

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

7. What happened to Colonel Willis Corto?

8. How does Case feel about Corto's treatment at the hands of the government? What do you think he will do now?

9. What has Armitage done to Case to ensure his loyalty?

10. Describe the Rue Jules Verne.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the name "Neuromancer," explaining its origin as described in the book. Additional points to address:

1) What is a necromancer, and what is the mythology surrounding the term?

2) Why are nerves and the nervous system so important in the context of the name "Neuromancer"?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay arguing either for, or against, human cloning. Be sure to address:

1) Moral and social implications.

2) Beneficial and nefarious uses of the technology.

3) Whether or not you feel human cloning will become commonplace, and why.

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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