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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 is the toilet in question that is described in the New York Times article "Rest Room Shut to Foreclose Use by Homosexuals" (14)?
(a) Queens County.
(b) Westchester County.
(c) Kings County.
(d) Middlesex County.

2. What was the official count of those who died from AIDS in the United States by the end of 2012?
(a) 358,659.
(b) 751,326.
(c) 658,507.
(d) 238,336.

3. Where is Dr. Joe Sonnabend from?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Brazil.

4. What state agency did Mel Rosen leave the GMHC to start?
(a) PWA.
(b) Memorial Sloan Kettering.
(c) The AIDS Institute.
(d) ACT UP.

5. What is the second of the four criteria for "Koch's Postulates" that is described in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Must be capable of reproduction on its own.
(b) Must be present in everyone suffering from the disease but in no one who is healthy.
(c) Must be capable of reproduction using human cells.
(d) Must be isolated from the carrier and must be able to crow in pure culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the text in Part 1, Chapter 1 refers to an outcast from society?

2. Who became the archbishop of New York in early 1984?

3. What psychoanalyst described "oral regression" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?

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

5. Who was the New York City health commissioner in March of 1985?

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