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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 does Case lose?

2. Who prepared the road for Neuromancer?

3. Why are there not many Tessier-Ashpools in Straylight?

4. Who killed Molly's old boyfriend?

5. What does Riviera do to Molly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the issue with the toxin resolved?

2. What does Wintermute warn Case about at the end of the chapter?

3. How does the story end? What happens to Case?

4. How does Molly get her revenge on Riviera?

5. How does Wintermute get Case and Maelcum into the Straylight?

6. How is Straylight described to Case?

7. How is Case revived from the dream?

8. What happens to Molly in this chapter? What will Case do about it?

9. How does Case find strength within himself?

10. How does Case compare Corto to the Tessier-Ashpools?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay detailing the many ways in which modern humans escape from reality, and the effect this has upon the species as a whole. Be sure to address:

1) Benefits of and dangers from escapism, fantasy, and alternative realities.

2) Recommendations for resolving any problems identified in the essay.

3) Personal examples of escaping from reality, along with explanations for the examples.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the symbiotic relationship that humanity has with technology. Be sure to address:

1) Why man needs machine, and why machine needs man.

2) The advantages of using technology.

3) The dangers of giving too much control of our world to machines.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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