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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. As a conservative estimate, how many sexual partners had Michael Callen had when he was diagnosed?
(a) 500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 3,000.

2. What was New York City's preeminent cancer hospital that instituted a formal ban on treating victims of the gay cancer?
(a) Columbia Medical Center.
(b) Memorial Sloan Kettering.
(c) The St. Mark's Community Clinic.
(d) NYU Medical Center.

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

4. What word from the text in Part 1, Chapter 1 refers to an outcast from society?
(a) Catalyst.
(b) Pariah.
(c) Demigogue.
(d) Lemurian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What theorist and psychoanalyst referred to "paraphilia" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?

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

3. Where was Dr. Barbara Starrett working as the director of lesbian and gay medical services when she encountered her first patient with signs of AIDS?

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

5. How much money did GMHC net from a fundraiser disco party at the Paradise Garage, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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