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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. How many AIDS cases were reported by February 20, 1985, with half of them dead?
(a) 1,367.
(b) 659.
(c) 8,597.
(d) 5,231.

2. 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?
(a) Edmund Bergler.
(b) David Webster.
(c) Lawrence K. Altman.
(d) Sandor Ferenczi.

3. In what year is the memorial described in the Prologue?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2002.

4. What is the name of the social service agency that Mel Rosen was vice president of?
(a) Wildcat.
(b) Midnight.
(c) GMCA.
(d) ACT UP.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what novel had Nora Ephron recently received bestselling success in 1987?

2. How old did Bobbi Campbell turn in January of 1985?

3. Who was the Reagan administration's health secretary in 1985?

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?

5. Of what New York City mayor did Kramer write, "With his silence on AIDS, the Mayor of New York is helping to kill us" (82)?

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