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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. From where were half of the professed heterosexual men with GRID recent immigrants in 1982?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Nigeria.

2. Who is the former prosecutor who advocated for the legal needs of the sick at the newly founded GMHC?
(a) George de Stefano.
(b) Richard Failla.
(c) Chuck Ortleb.
(d) Sandor Ferenczi.

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

4. Who was the Reagan administration's health secretary in 1985?
(a) Margaret Heckler.
(b) Richard Failla.
(c) John O'Connor.
(d) Michael Callen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gregg Bordowitz's profession?

2. What was the total death tally of AIDS patients in February of 1983?

3. Who was the chairman of the GMHC's medical board that referred to "the Elizabeth Taylor model of behavior--serial monogamy" (53)?

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

5. From where did 125,000 Cuban refugees flee by raft and boat to Miami in 1980?

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