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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 role does Michele play in the trio of cops?

2. What other image does Wintermute appear to Case as, much to his disgust?

3. What did Case fantasize about as a child?

4. What is Maelcum?

5. Who wants to kill Molly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the atmosphere and decor of Straylight.

2. What do you think the code word is?

3. What does Wintermute compare itself to? Why?

4. What happens to Armitage in this chapter?

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

6. How is the issue with the toxin resolved?

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

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

9. How is Case tricked in this chapter?

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

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 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.

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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