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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. Who was Reagan's surgeon general who mailed an educational brochure on AIDS to every household in the country?
(a) Joseph Rafuse.
(b) Jim Eigo.
(c) C. Everett Koop.
(d) David Sencer.

2. What does GRID stand for?
(a) Gay-related internal destruction.
(b) Gamma-ray intensity diagonistics.
(c) Gay-related immune deficiency.
(d) Gay retroviral immune deficiency.

3. 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) Red Green.
(d) Set values.

4. What drug was shown in studies to be nearly 100% effective in preventing PCP in at-risk populations in the mid-1970s?
(a) AZT.
(b) DDI.
(c) Bactrim.
(d) Pentamidine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cases of the gay cancer were on the CDC list by July of 1982?

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

3. What percentage of AIDS cases were in the New York metropolitan area in February of 1983?

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

5. Who was the Catholic Church's attorney who met with reporters in Judge Alvin Klein's office, as described in Part 2, Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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