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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the spread of AIDS, Kaposi's sarcoma struck how many Americans out of every three million, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Twenty.

2. Who was Reagan's surgeon general who mailed an educational brochure on AIDS to every household in the country?
(a) Jim Eigo.
(b) Joseph Rafuse.
(c) David Sencer.
(d) C. Everett Koop.

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

4. What was the budget of the GMHC in 1987?
(a) $2 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $6 million.
(d) $3 million.

5. When did the Stonewall Riots take place?
(a) June 28, 1969.
(b) March 12, 1970.
(c) July 23, 1971.
(d) March 11, 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the current executive director of GMHC in 1987?

2. In 1990 there was one AIDS death in America in what span of time?

3. Who was Martin Sheen's best friend and best man at his wedding who had died in 1987?

4. Who was the policy analyst at AIDS Project Los Angeles that attended the preliminary meeting for the Patient Constituency Working Group within ACTG?

5. 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?

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