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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. Who was the New York City health commissioner in March of 1985?
(a) Dr. Michael Callen.
(b) Dr. David Sencer.
(c) Dr. Richard Failla.
(d) Dr. James Mason.

2. What theorist and psychoanalyst referred to "paraphilia" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?
(a) Sandor Ferenczi.
(b) Alick Isaacs.
(c) Gregg Bordowitz.
(d) David Webster.

3. What new experimental therapy had Montagnier recently discovered in 1985 with his colleague Jean-Claude Chermann to have potential to curb reverse transcription?
(a) HPA-23.
(b) Suramin.
(c) AZT.
(d) Pentamidine.

4. What disease was suramin being prescribed to treat in Africa when it was first put on trial in AIDS research?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Gonorrhea.
(d) River blindness.

5. When was suramin first pushed into human trials for AIDS?
(a) June 2, 1985.
(b) March 23, 1968.
(c) August 6, 1984.
(d) July 30, 1986.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of the clinical oncology branch of the National Cancer Institute in 1985?

2. Who was the developer of AZT?

3. What is the title of the thinly veiled roman a clef that Larry Kramer published in 1978?

4. Who was the director of the U.S. Public Health Service that wrote, "With broadened parental understanding and more scientific research, hopefully, the chances that anyone's child will become victim of homosexuality will eventually decrease" (16)?

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

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