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

2. What is the name of the rock band that Michael Callen formed after being diagnosed?
(a) Lowlife.
(b) Black Dawn.
(c) New Wave.
(d) Faggots.

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

4. 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?
(a) 11.
(b) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 16.

5. What code name was AZT given when taken to trial for AIDS?
(a) "Compound S."
(b) "Compound R."
(c) "Compound A."
(d) "Compound Q."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the biotech firm Imreg headquartered in 1988?

2. What did Mark Harrington create and introduce at a T+D meeting to much acclaim?

3. How many AIDS cases were reported by February 20, 1985, with half of them dead?

4. The two-step procedure for blood testing for HTLV-3/LAV used a method called ELISA and another called what?

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

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