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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many chapters did the ACT UP organization count at its peak?
(a) 212.
(b) 148.
(c) 112.
(d) 119.

2. Who was the current executive director of GMHC in 1987?
(a) Scott Bernard.
(b) John Douglas Crane.
(c) Tim Sweeney.
(d) Howard Moody.

3. What psychoanalyst described "oral regression" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?
(a) Edmund Bergler.
(b) David Webster.
(c) Gregg Bordowitz.
(d) Alick Isaacs.

4. What term refers to an extreme or irrational fear of heights?
(a) Acrophobia.
(b) Leukopenia.
(c) Agoraphobia.
(d) Heliophobia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the acronym ACT UP stand for?

2. What are the raw materials called that cancer cells use to make new DNA necessary for rapid cell divisions?

3. Trichosanthes kirilowii is a common landscaping plant that is also known as what?

4. How many specific ultimatums were included in the ACT UP demands to the NIH in 1990?

5. Who was the chairman of UCSF's AIDS task force in 1990?

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