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

2. 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?
(a) CarMart.
(b) Circle K.
(c) Quick-E Mart.
(d) Wawa.

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

4. From where did 125,000 Cuban refugees flee by raft and boat to Miami in 1980?
(a) San Jose.
(b) St. Lopez.
(c) San Juan.
(d) Mariel.

5. Where was Jane Teas working as a young pathobiologist in 1984?
(a) New York University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) MIT.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had ACTG's budget expanded to in 1990?

2. How old did Bobbi Campbell turn in January of 1985?

3. What was Gregg Bordowitz's profession?

4. Who had just assumed the position as the CDC director in March of 1985?

5. Where did Richard Berkowitz earn a journalism degree?

(see the answer key)

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