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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Anita Bryant's anti-gay religious coalition?
(a) ACT UP.
(b) Save Our Children.
(c) The AIDS Institute.
(d) GMHC.

2. Who had just assumed the position as the CDC director in March of 1985?
(a) Dr. Michael Callen.
(b) Dr. James Mason.
(c) Dr. John O'Connor.
(d) Dr. David Sencer.

3. What word from the text in Part 1, Chapter 1 refers to an outcast from society?
(a) Pariah.
(b) Demigogue.
(c) Lemurian.
(d) Catalyst.

4. Who was the discoverer of interferon that Dr. Joe Sonnabend studied with?
(a) Alick Isaacs.
(b) Edmund Bergler.
(c) Sandor Ferenczi.
(d) Lawrence K. Altman.

5. When was AZT first developed?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1996.

6. How much money did GMHC receive from state AIDS contracts in Albany for "public information" on February 27, 1985?
(a) $95,000.
(b) $231,000.
(c) $183,000.
(d) $67,034.

7. When did Ed Koch become the mayor of New York City?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1988.

8. Who was the chairman of the GMHC's medical board that referred to "the Elizabeth Taylor model of behavior--serial monogamy" (53)?
(a) Sandor Ferenczi.
(b) Dan William.
(c) George de Stefano.
(d) Richard Failla.

9. What street in New York City does the author describe as "the mountaintop of gay life" in Part 1, Chapter 1 (13)?
(a) Christopher Street.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Lafayette Street.
(d) Greenwich Street.

10. What does GMHC stand for?
(a) Gay men's health community.
(b) Gay men's health crisis.
(c) Gay men's healing center.
(d) Gay men's honor code.

11. Who is the former prosecutor who advocated for the legal needs of the sick at the newly founded GMHC?
(a) Chuck Ortleb.
(b) Sandor Ferenczi.
(c) Richard Failla.
(d) George de Stefano.

12. How much had the mayor of New York City spend in the first 30 months of plague, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) $42,000.
(b) $124,000.
(c) $24,500.
(d) $35,000.

13. 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) 19.
(c) 11.
(d) 32.

14. What philanthropist donated $1,000 to Dr. Friedman-Kien's research because she was worried about her gay brother?
(a) Letitia Bordowitz.
(b) Lily Auchincloss.
(c) Anna Isaacs.
(d) Anna Webster.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug was shown in studies to be nearly 100% effective in preventing PCP in at-risk populations in the mid-1970s?

2. From where does the author say he was on a college sojourn when he visited New York City for the first time in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. What was the official count of those who died from AIDS in the United States by the end of 2012?

4. What are the raw materials called that cancer cells use to make new DNA necessary for rapid cell divisions?

5. Who was the Catholic Church's attorney who met with reporters in Judge Alvin Klein's office, as described in Part 2, Chapter 3?

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