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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Washington.
(c) Michigan.
(d) California.

2. What drug was shown in studies to be nearly 100% effective in preventing PCP in at-risk populations in the mid-1970s?
(a) Pentamidine.
(b) Bactrim.
(c) DDI.
(d) AZT.

3. Who is the New York Times science writer whom Dr. Friedman-Kien called to report on the sudden emergence of KS, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) David Webster.
(b) Edmund Bergler.
(c) Lawrence K. Altman.
(d) Sandor Ferenczi.

4. What is the name of the rock band that Michael Callen formed after being diagnosed?
(a) New Wave.
(b) Faggots.
(c) Lowlife.
(d) Black Dawn.

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

6. 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) Greenwich Street.
(d) Lafayette Street.

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

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

9. Where is the toilet in question that is described in the New York Times article "Rest Room Shut to Foreclose Use by Homosexuals" (14)?
(a) Westchester County.
(b) Middlesex County.
(c) Kings County.
(d) Queens County.

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

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

12. How much money did GMHC net from a fundraiser disco party at the Paradise Garage, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) $45,009.
(b) $32,086.
(c) $23,453.
(d) $12,423.

13. What theorist and psychoanalyst referred to "paraphilia" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?
(a) Gregg Bordowitz.
(b) David Webster.
(c) Alick Isaacs.
(d) Sandor Ferenczi.

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

15. How much money did Rosen receive for the AIDS Institute on February 27, 1985 from Albany for education money?
(a) $150,000.
(b) $40,000.
(c) $95,000.
(d) $400,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of the NIAID in July of 1985?

2. What does ASFV stand for?

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. Where did Mathidle Krim grow up?

5. What is the second of the four criteria for "Koch's Postulates" that is described in Part 2, Chapter 2?

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