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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a reduction in the numbers of white cells in the blood, typical of various diseases?
(a) Pentamidine.
(b) Leukopenia.
(c) Suramin.
(d) Nucleoside.

2. What human enzyme is AZT a dead ringer for?
(a) Thiamin.
(b) Pentamidine.
(c) Thymidine.
(d) Nucleoside.

3. Who was the chairman of the GMHC's medical board that referred to "the Elizabeth Taylor model of behavior--serial monogamy" (53)?
(a) George de Stefano.
(b) Sandor Ferenczi.
(c) Dan William.
(d) Richard Failla.

4. What does ARC stand for?
(a) AIDS research community.
(b) Antiviral retrovirus cancer.
(c) AIDS respect community.
(d) AIDS-related complex.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jane Teas working as a young pathobiologist in 1984?

2. When was suramin first pushed into human trials for AIDS?

3. How much money did GMHC net from a fundraiser disco party at the Paradise Garage, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 3?

4. For whom is the memorial service that is described in the Prologue?

5. Who was the Reagan administration's health secretary in 1985?

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