1. What philanthropist donated $1,000 to Dr. Friedman-Kien's research because she was worried about her gay brother?
(a) Anna Webster.
(b) Lily Auchincloss.
(c) Anna Isaacs.
(d) Letitia Bordowitz.

2. How much had the mayor of New York City spend in the first 30 months of plague, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) $124,000.
(b) $42,000.
(c) $24,500.
(d) $35,000.

3. How much money did the lawyers for the 49 West 12 Tenants Corporation offer Sonnabend as restitution, plus legal costs?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $24,000.

4. Who was the head of the clinical oncology branch of the National Cancer Institute in 1985?
(a) Dr. Tim Sweeney.
(b) Dr. James Mason.
(c) Dr. John Hale.
(d) Dr. Sam Broder.

5. Where did Edmund White live and write in 1987?
(a) Paris.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What convenience store chain canceled health insurance for any of its 26,000 employees with AIDS unless it was contracted through a blood transfusion or errant spouse in 1988?

2. What play of Larry Kramer's opened at the Public Theater in 1985?

3. What was the name of Anita Bryant's anti-gay religious coalition?

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

5. When did the Stonewall Riots take place?

(see the answer key)

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