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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. What word from the text in Part 1, Chapter 1 refers to an outcast from society?
(a) Pariah.
(b) Demigogue.
(c) Lemurian.
(d) Catalyst.

2. Before the spread of AIDS, Kaposi's sarcoma struck how many Americans out of every three million, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

3. 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 isolated from the carrier and must be able to crow in pure culture.
(c) Must be capable of reproduction on its own.
(d) Must be capable of reproduction using human cells.

4. Who was the editor of Mandate in 1983?
(a) Sandor Ferenczi.
(b) Sandor Ferenczi.
(c) Richard Failla.
(d) George de Stefano.

5. Where is Dr. Joe Sonnabend from?
(a) France.
(b) South Africa.
(c) England.
(d) Brazil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Bobbi Campbell's lover in 1984, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 2?

2. 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)?

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

4. What does GRID stand for?

5. 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?

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