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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 animal does Flatline admire?

2. How long was the war?

3. What is the name of the leader of the Panthers?

4. What does Larry not like about Molly?

5. Whose image does Wintermute use to speak to Case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Zionites tell Molly and Case about their significance?

2. What has Wintermute done to enrage Case?

3. Who are the Tessier-Ashpools?

4. What does Molly want Case do to about Armitage?

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

6. Describe the show that Riviera performs at the restaurant.

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

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

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

10. When does Case first experience his anger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on compulsion and how it influences humanity. Be sure to touch upon:

1) Negative and positive aspects of compulsion.

2) The role compulsion plays in human culture and society.

3) How compulsion factors into Neuromancer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the role of prophets in human culture. Be sure to touch upon:

1) Examples of where prophesies have come true, and failed to come true.

2) Whether or not you feel that prophets are valid or credible, with examples.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining the negative aspects of technology described in Neuromancer:

1) Warnings about technology in Neuromancer, and how the book could be interpreted as being anti-technology.

2) Aspects of technological problems that the book predicts that are coming true or have already come true.

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