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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 psychoanalyst described "oral regression" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?
(a) Alick Isaacs.
(b) Gregg Bordowitz.
(c) Edmund Bergler.
(d) David Webster.

2. What is the title of the thinly veiled roman a clef that Larry Kramer published in 1978?
(a) Faggots.
(b) The Astolfi Tavern.
(c) The San Francisco Story.
(d) On the Road.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In what year is the memorial described in the Prologue?

4. When does the author describe visiting New York City for the first time in Part 1, Chapter 1?

5. Who was the discoverer of interferon that Dr. Joe Sonnabend studied with?

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