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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. How many cases of the gay cancer were on the CDC list by July of 1982?
(a) 245.
(b) 452.
(c) 125.
(d) 312.

2. What was the author doing an internship for when he first visited New York City?
(a) The New York Post.
(b) The Globe.
(c) The United Nations.
(d) The New York Times.

3. Before the spread of AIDS, Kaposi's sarcoma struck how many Americans out of every three million, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

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

5. What was the total death tally of AIDS patients in February of 1983?
(a) 612.
(b) 332.
(c) 534.
(d) 418.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author earn his college degree?

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

3. Who was nominated as the leader of the newly formed GMHC?

4. What is the name of the rock band that Michael Callen formed after being diagnosed?

5. Where did Lawrence Mass work full-time when he was on the board of the GMHC?

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