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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the raw materials called that cancer cells use to make new DNA necessary for rapid cell divisions?
(a) Pentamidines.
(b) Thymidine.
(c) Nucleosides.
(d) Bactrims.

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

3. What was Ron Goldberg's title to those in ACT UP?
(a) "Queen Bee."
(b) "Scream Queen."
(c) "Chant Queen."
(d) "Dream Queen."

4. What pharmaceutical company produced acyclovir?
(a) Bayer.
(b) Burroughs Wellcome.
(c) Praxis.
(d) Merck.

5. What does OAR stand for?
(a) Operation for Anibody Research.
(b) Office of AIDS Research.
(c) Operation for AIDS Research.
(d) Organization of AIDS Researchers.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose memory did Mark Harrington dedicate his ACTG Critique?

2. Where did Berkowitz move in 1985 at the invitation of a kind former client?

3. What convenience store chain canceled health insurance for any of its 26,000 employees with AIDS unless it was contracted through a blood transfusion or errant spouse in 1988?

4. Who was the genius behind ACT UP's media machine that challenged presidential candidate Bill Clinton to address the AIDS crisis in 1992?

5. Who became the archbishop of New York in early 1984?

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