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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the New York City health commissioner in March of 1985?
(a) Dr. David Sencer.
(b) Dr. Richard Failla.
(c) Dr. Michael Callen.
(d) Dr. James Mason.

2. Where did Lawrence Mass work full-time when he was on the board of the GMHC?
(a) A methadone clinic.
(b) A publishing company.
(c) A theater company.
(d) A stock brokerage firm.

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) Mel Cheren.
(b) Sandor Ferenczi.
(c) David Webster
(d) Paul Popham.

4. How old was the author when he first visited New York City?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

5. What was Gregg Bordowitz's profession?
(a) Stock bond trader.
(b) Bookstore clerk.
(c) Attorney in training.
(d) Experimental filmmaker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What psychoanalyst described "oral regression" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?

3. Where did Larry Kramer grow up?

4. What does ASFV stand for?

5. Where did Mathidle Krim grow up?

(see the answer key)

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