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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. 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) Washington.
(b) Ohio.
(c) California.
(d) Michigan.

2. Who was the Reagan administration's health secretary in 1985?
(a) Margaret Heckler.
(b) Richard Failla.
(c) Michael Callen.
(d) John O'Connor.

3. Where did Larry Kramer grow up?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York City.
(d) Boston.

4. Where was Dr. Barbara Starrett working as the director of lesbian and gay medical services when she encountered her first patient with signs of AIDS?
(a) The NYU Medical Center.
(b) The St. Mark's Community Clinic.
(c) The West Village Men's Clinic.
(d) The Roosevelt Hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the New York City health commissioner in March of 1985?

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

3. What state agency did Mel Rosen leave the GMHC to start?

4. Who was the discoverer of interferon that Dr. Joe Sonnabend studied with?

5. When did the Stonewall Riots take place?

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