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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the author describe visiting New York City for the first time in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1971.

2. For whom is the memorial service that is described in the Prologue?
(a) Gregg Bordowitz.
(b) David Webster.
(c) Dr. Stanley F. Yolles.
(d) Spencer Cox.

3. What is the name of the rock band that Michael Callen formed after being diagnosed?
(a) Black Dawn.
(b) Lowlife.
(c) Faggots.
(d) New Wave.

4. When did the author earn his college degree?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1981.

5. Who was Lawrence Mass's lover who took him to the psychiatric ward at St. Vincents when Mass became suicidal?
(a) Richard Failla.
(b) George de Stefano.
(c) Arnie Kantrowitz.
(d) Sandor Ferenczi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does GMHC stand for?

2. What was New York City's preeminent cancer hospital that instituted a formal ban on treating victims of the gay cancer?

3. Who is the New York Times science writer whom Dr. Friedman-Kien called to report on the sudden emergence of KS, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. When did the Stonewall Riots take place?

5. 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?

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