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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. What is the name of the rock band that Michael Callen formed after being diagnosed?
(a) New Wave.
(b) Lowlife.
(c) Black Dawn.
(d) Faggots.

2. How much money did GMHC receive from state AIDS contracts in Albany for "public information" on February 27, 1985?
(a) $183,000.
(b) $67,034.
(c) $95,000.
(d) $231,000.

3. What philanthropist donated $1,000 to Dr. Friedman-Kien's research because she was worried about her gay brother?
(a) Anna Isaacs.
(b) Anna Webster.
(c) Letitia Bordowitz.
(d) Lily Auchincloss.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How old did Bobbi Campbell turn in January of 1985?

3. 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)?

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

5. When did the author earn his college degree?

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