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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) The Roosevelt Hospital.
(b) The NYU Medical Center.
(c) The St. Mark's Community Clinic.
(d) The West Village Men's Clinic.

2. Where was Alvin Friedman-Kien employed when Dr. Joyce Wallace contacted him regarding cases of Kaposi's sarcoma?
(a) Berkeley Medical Center.
(b) Columbia Medical Center.
(c) NYU Medical Center.
(d) The St. Mark's Community Clinic.

3. How much had the mayor of New York City spend in the first 30 months of plague, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) $42,000.
(b) $124,000.
(c) $24,500.
(d) $35,000.

4. 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. Stanley F. Yolles.
(d) Dr. Gregg Bordowitz.

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?
(a) $23,453.
(b) $45,009.
(c) $12,423.
(d) $32,086.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does AIDS stand for?

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

3. Who was Bobbi Campbell's lover in 1984, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 2?

4. Of what New York City mayor did Kramer write, "With his silence on AIDS, the Mayor of New York is helping to kill us" (82)?

5. What is the first of the four criteria for "Koch's Postulates" that is described in Part 2, Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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