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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 try to get from Armitage before he dies?

2. What is the Garvey?

3. What is especially horrifying for cowboys?

4. How is Molly taken down?

5. What is Riviera wearing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Case find strength within himself?

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

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

6. How does Molly get her revenge on Riviera?

7. What does Wintermute compare itself to? Why?

8. How is Case revived from the dream?

9. How is Straylight described to Case?

10. How is Case tricked in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the technological predictions that William Gibson has for the future. Be sure to address:

1) Whether or not the technologies described are realistic.

2) The likely impact of these technologies upon society.

3) Whether or not humanity will ultimately be better off with these new technologies.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the role of technology in the human search for immortality. Be sure to address:

1) Possible applications of technology to extend human life, i.e., electronic encoding of the brain, medical science, cybernetics, etc.

2) Social, economic, and demographical effects of living forever.

3) Other methods, either scientific or mystical, by which humans have attempted to gain immortality.

Essay Topic 3

Research the character of Molly and write an essay about her. Be sure to address:

1) The role Molly plays in other Gibson novels.

2) How her character develops over the course of these novels, and her relationships with other characters.

3) Whether Molly is a hero, an anti-hero, or a villain, and why.

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