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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. In what year is the memorial described in the Prologue?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2002.

2. What was Gregg Bordowitz's profession?
(a) Stock bond trader.
(b) Experimental filmmaker.
(c) Attorney in training.
(d) Bookstore clerk.

3. How many patients did Dr. Robert Yarchoan enroll in a protocol that included intravenous infusions of AZT three times daily for two weeks in July of 1985?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 11.

4. From where does the author say he was on a college sojourn when he visited New York City for the first time in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Michigan.
(b) California.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Washington.

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 using human cells.
(b) Must be capable of reproduction on its own.
(c) Must be isolated from the carrier and must be able to crow in pure culture.
(d) Must be present in everyone suffering from the disease but in no one who is healthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the former prosecutor who advocated for the legal needs of the sick at the newly founded GMHC?

2. When did Ed Koch become the mayor of New York City?

3. What is the name of the rock band that Michael Callen formed after being diagnosed?

4. What drug was shown in studies to be nearly 100% effective in preventing PCP in at-risk populations in the mid-1970s?

5. What state agency did Mel Rosen leave the GMHC to start?

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