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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. When does Case defeat Neuromancer?

2. Whose image is the doorman fooled with?

3. Who is the white, wasted figure that Case sees through Molly's eyes?

4. Why do Case and Molly go to Chiba?

5. What is Wintermute now?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Molly describe the assassin who kills her former partner?

2. What is the place where Neuromancer trapped Case? What is strange about it?

3. What happens to the Turing agents?

4. What is the significance of the concrete bunker from the beach?

5. How is the issue with the toxin resolved?

6. Why does Ashpool kill his wife? How does her death affect the family?

7. Why does Case try to save Corto/Armitage?

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

9. What happens to Armitage in this chapter?

10. How is Case revived from the dream?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the genre "cyberpunk.'" Be sure to address:

1) Identifying characteristics of the genre.

2) How cyberpunk may have influenced the evolution of technology and the Internet.

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 detailing the difference between human nature and the cold calculations of an AI such as Wintermute. Be sure to address:

1) Strategies humans can use against computer opponents.

2) Safety measures that can be taken to avoid a conflict between man and machine.

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