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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. From where were half of the professed heterosexual men with GRID recent immigrants in 1982?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Sudan.

2. What is the North Carolina-based drugmaker that expressed interest in investing research into AIDS when confronted by Broder?
(a) Merck.
(b) Burroughs Wellcome.
(c) Roche Holding AG.
(d) Pfizer.

3. Trichosanthes kirilowii is a common landscaping plant that is also known as what?
(a) Star thistle.
(b) Chinese cucumber.
(c) Diviner's sage.
(d) Japanese pear.

4. The two-step procedure for blood testing for HTLV-3/LAV used a method called ELISA and another called what?
(a) Western Blot.
(b) Level One.
(c) Set values.
(d) Red Green.

5. When was AZT first developed?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1964.

Short Answer Questions

1. What human enzyme is AZT a dead ringer for?

2. What does AIDS stand for?

3. What play of Larry Kramer's opened at the Public Theater in 1985?

4. What was the total death tally of AIDS patients in February of 1983?

5. Who was Reagan's surgeon general who mailed an educational brochure on AIDS to every household in the country?

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