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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. Who was the genius behind ACT UP's media machine that challenged presidential candidate Bill Clinton to address the AIDS crisis in 1992?
(a) Tim Sweeney.
(b) Bob Rafsky.
(c) John Hale.
(d) Dr. Tony Fauci.

2. Who was Eric Sawyer's lover who had recently died in 1987?
(a) John Douglas Crane.
(b) Michael Callen.
(c) Scott Bernard.
(d) Howard Moody.

3. Who was the head of the clinical oncology branch of the National Cancer Institute in 1985?
(a) Dr. James Mason.
(b) Dr. Tim Sweeney.
(c) Dr. John Hale.
(d) Dr. Sam Broder.

4. Where is the CDC headquarters located?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) New York.
(d) Seattle.

5. What was Gregg Bordowitz's profession?
(a) Stock bond trader.
(b) Experimental filmmaker.
(c) Attorney in training.
(d) Bookstore clerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was New York City's preeminent cancer hospital that instituted a formal ban on treating victims of the gay cancer?

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

3. What new experimental therapy had Montagnier recently discovered in 1985 with his colleague Jean-Claude Chermann to have potential to curb reverse transcription?

4. 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?

5. What experimental compound did Mark Harrington learn researchers were testing in combination with AZT at the Primary Infection Committee meeting described in Part 4, Chapter 1?

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