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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 was the name of Anita Bryant's anti-gay religious coalition?
(a) The AIDS Institute.
(b) ACT UP.
(c) Save Our Children.
(d) GMHC.

2. When did the author earn his college degree?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1991.

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) 11.
(c) 19.
(d) 32.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dr. Barbara Starrett working as the director of lesbian and gay medical services when she encountered her first patient with signs of AIDS?

2. What drug was capable of lowering the death rate of PCP to 50%, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. Who was the discoverer of interferon that Dr. Joe Sonnabend studied with?

4. What does AIDS stand for?

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

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