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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. For whom was Bob Rafsky a spokesman by day when he headed the Media Committee for ACT UP?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Donald Trump.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) George H.W. Bush.

2. When was suramin first pushed into human trials for AIDS?
(a) August 6, 1984.
(b) June 2, 1985.
(c) July 30, 1986.
(d) March 23, 1968.

3. Who was the founder of West End Records and the owner of the welfare hotel where the GMHC established as their first permanent home?
(a) Sandor Ferenczi.
(b) Mel Cheren.
(c) Paul Popham.
(d) David Webster

4. Where did Dr. Sonnaben manage to get a hospital bed for Griffin Gold in July of 1988?
(a) Lenox Hill Hospital.
(b) Columbia Medical Center.
(c) Memorial Sloan Kettering.
(d) St. Luke's Hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was New York City's preeminent cancer hospital that instituted a formal ban on treating victims of the gay cancer?

2. When was Executive Order 50 issued in New York City?

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

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

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

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