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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was suramin first pushed into human trials for AIDS?
(a) June 2, 1985.
(b) August 6, 1984.
(c) March 23, 1968.
(d) July 30, 1986.

2. What was Gregg Bordowitz's profession?
(a) Bookstore clerk.
(b) Experimental filmmaker.
(c) Stock bond trader.
(d) Attorney in training.

3. Who was the Catholic Church's attorney who met with reporters in Judge Alvin Klein's office, as described in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Tim Sweeney.
(b) John O'Connor.
(c) John Hale.
(d) Chuck Ortleb.

4. How many cases of the gay cancer were on the CDC list by July of 1982?
(a) 125.
(b) 452.
(c) 245.
(d) 312.

5. Who was the New York City health commissioner in March of 1985?
(a) Dr. Richard Failla.
(b) Dr. Michael Callen.
(c) Dr. James Mason.
(d) Dr. David Sencer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was New York City's preeminent cancer hospital that instituted a formal ban on treating victims of the gay cancer?

2. What does AIDS stand for?

3. Where did Edmund White live and write in 1987?

4. Who was the publisher of the New York Native in August of 1982?

5. How old was Griffin Gold when he was hospitalized in July of 1988?

(see the answer key)

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