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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 street in New York City does the author describe as "the mountaintop of gay life" in Part 1, Chapter 1 (13)?
(a) Broadway.
(b) Greenwich Street.
(c) Christopher Street.
(d) Lafayette Street.

2. 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) Pentamidine.
(c) DDI.
(d) AZT.

3. Who was the discoverer of interferon that Dr. Joe Sonnabend studied with?
(a) Sandor Ferenczi.
(b) Edmund Bergler.
(c) Lawrence K. Altman.
(d) Alick Isaacs.

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

5. Where did Larry Kramer grow up?
(a) New York City.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Boston.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philanthropist donated $1,000 to Dr. Friedman-Kien's research because she was worried about her gay brother?

2. From where were half of the professed heterosexual men with GRID recent immigrants in 1982?

3. What drug was capable of lowering the death rate of PCP to 50%, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. Who was the publisher of the New York Native in August of 1982?

5. How many chapters did the ACT UP organization count at its peak?

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