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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. As a conservative estimate, how many sexual partners had Michael Callen had when he was diagnosed?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 500.

2. What disease was suramin being prescribed to treat in Africa when it was first put on trial in AIDS research?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Gonorrhea.
(d) River blindness.

3. What are the raw materials called that cancer cells use to make new DNA necessary for rapid cell divisions?
(a) Pentamidines.
(b) Nucleosides.
(c) Thymidine.
(d) Bactrims.

4. What term refers to a reduction in the numbers of white cells in the blood, typical of various diseases?
(a) Suramin.
(b) Nucleoside.
(c) Leukopenia.
(d) Pentamidine.

5. What was New York City's preeminent cancer hospital that instituted a formal ban on treating victims of the gay cancer?
(a) NYU Medical Center.
(b) Columbia Medical Center.
(c) The St. Mark's Community Clinic.
(d) Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dr. Sonnaben manage to get a hospital bed for Griffin Gold in July of 1988?

2. Who headed a committee called Issues for ACT UP alongside Iris Long?

3. Where had Peter Staley taken a job after leaving J. P. Morgan?

4. Who was the New York health commissioner whose office was taken over by protesters who demanded his resignation?

5. Where did Lawrence Mass work full-time when he was on the board of the GMHC?

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