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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. How does Case know that the Turing police are made to look young through surgery?

2. What does Riviera do to Hideo?

3. What does Molly do to Riviera?

4. What could 3Jane's mother not imagine?

5. What is Molly's other name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Michele tell Case about the severity of his crimes?

4. What happens to Armitage in this chapter?

5. Describe Case's "dream sequence."

6. Describe the atmosphere and decor of Straylight.

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

8. How is the issue with the toxin resolved?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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