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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. Where did Mathidle Krim grow up?
(a) Paris.
(b) Zurich.
(c) London.
(d) Geneva.

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

3. Who was the New York health commissioner whose office was taken over by protesters who demanded his resignation?
(a) Jim Eigo.
(b) Stephen Joseph.
(c) Dr. David Sencer.
(d) Joseph Rafuse.

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

5. Who was the head of the NIAID in July of 1985?
(a) Dr. James Mason.
(b) Dr. Tom Steele.
(c) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(d) Dr. David Sencer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the North Carolina-based drugmaker that expressed interest in investing research into AIDS when confronted by Broder?

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

3. How many patients did Dr. Robert Yarchoan enroll in a protocol that included intravenous infusions of AZT three times daily for two weeks in July of 1985?

4. Who was the head of the clinical oncology branch of the National Cancer Institute in 1985?

5. Who was the attorney and T+D member who played a principal role in making the experimental anti-pneumonia drug trimetrexate available to the public?

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