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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 oversaw the magazine Christopher Street in late 1983?
(a) Michael Callen.
(b) Margaret Heckler.
(c) Tom Steele.
(d) James Mason.

2. Who is the former prosecutor who advocated for the legal needs of the sick at the newly founded GMHC?
(a) George de Stefano.
(b) Sandor Ferenczi.
(c) Richard Failla.
(d) Chuck Ortleb.

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

4. What is the title of the thinly veiled roman a clef that Larry Kramer published in 1978?
(a) The San Francisco Story.
(b) The Astolfi Tavern.
(c) On the Road.
(d) Faggots.

5. What was the official count of those who died from AIDS in the United States by the end of 2012?
(a) 751,326.
(b) 238,336.
(c) 658,507.
(d) 358,659.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Peter Staley complete his coursework in political science and economics?

2. What theorist and psychoanalyst referred to "paraphilia" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?

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

4. Where is Dr. Joe Sonnabend from?

5. Where did Larry Kramer grow up?

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