How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

David France
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How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

David France
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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. What drug was shown in studies to be nearly 100% effective in preventing PCP in at-risk populations in the mid-1970s?
(a) Bactrim.
(b) AZT.
(c) Pentamidine.
(d) DDI.

2. Who was the director of the U.S. Public Health Service that wrote, "With broadened parental understanding and more scientific research, hopefully, the chances that anyone's child will become victim of homosexuality will eventually decrease" (16)?
(a) Dr. David Webster.
(b) Dr. Alick Isaacs.
(c) Dr. Gregg Bordowitz.
(d) Dr. Stanley F. Yolles.

3. What drug was capable of lowering the death rate of PCP to 50%, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) DDI.
(b) AZT.
(c) Pentamidine.
(d) Bactrim.

4. What does AIDS stand for?
(a) Applicable Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
(b) Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
(c) Antiviral Immune Deficiency Syndrom.
(d) Active Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

5. From where were half of the professed heterosexual men with GRID recent immigrants in 1982?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the former prosecutor who advocated for the legal needs of the sick at the newly founded GMHC?

2. When did the author earn his college degree?

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

4. Where is the CDC headquarters located?

5. Who was the editor of Mandate in 1983?

(see the answer key)

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