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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. Who wants to kill Molly?

2. Whose image is the doorman fooled with?

3. What name does Case see on the Japanese spaceship?

4. Why do Case and Molly go to Chiba?

5. What color are the soles of Maelcum's shoes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the issue with the toxin resolved?

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

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

4. How is Straylight described to Case?

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

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

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

8. How does Molly get her revenge on Riviera?

9. What happens to the Turing agents?

10. What does Wintermute compare itself to? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that describes a literary technique and gives an example of where this occurs in the book Neuromancer. Be sure to address:

1) Whether the use of this technique adds to or detracts from the story or narrative.

2) Whether or not you feel this literary technique is effective.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay describing the past failures and bad experiences that influence and motivate the characters in Neuromancer. Each section of the essay will focus on a particular character. Be sure to address:

1) Whether the past of each character is a strength or weakness.

2) What the characters might be like if they did not have these pasts to draw upon.

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