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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first of the four criteria for "Koch's Postulates" that is described in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Must be present in everyone suffering from the disease but in no one who is healthy.
(b) Must be capable of reproduction on its own.
(c) Must be capable of reproduction using human cells.
(d) Must be isolated from the carrier and must be able to crow in pure culture.

2. How many chapters did the ACT UP organization count at its peak?
(a) 119.
(b) 148.
(c) 112.
(d) 212.

3. For whom is the memorial service that is described in the Prologue?
(a) Spencer Cox.
(b) David Webster.
(c) Gregg Bordowitz.
(d) Dr. Stanley F. Yolles.

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

5. From where does the author say he was on a college sojourn when he visited New York City for the first time in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Michigan.
(b) California.
(c) Washington.
(d) Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was nominated as the leader of the newly formed GMHC?

2. What word from the text in Part 1, Chapter 1 refers to an outcast from society?

3. With whom did Larry Kramer have a nasty separation, leading to Kramer's turning against the gay world entirely, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. What does AIDS stand for?

5. How old was the author when he first visited New York City?

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