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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was nominated as the leader of the newly formed GMHC?
(a) Paul Popham.
(b) Michael Callen.
(c) David Webster.
(d) Lawrence K. Altman.

2. What does AIDS stand for?
(a) Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
(b) Active Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
(c) Antiviral Immune Deficiency Syndrom.
(d) Applicable Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

3. Who was the editor of Mandate in 1983?
(a) Sandor Ferenczi.
(b) Richard Failla.
(c) George de Stefano.
(d) Sandor Ferenczi.

4. What is the title of the thinly veiled roman a clef that Larry Kramer published in 1978?
(a) On the Road.
(b) The Astolfi Tavern.
(c) The San Francisco Story.
(d) Faggots.

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

6. Who oversaw the magazine Christopher Street in late 1983?
(a) Margaret Heckler.
(b) Tom Steele.
(c) Michael Callen.
(d) James Mason.

7. What are the two sorts of T-cells?
(a) CD4s and CD8s.
(b) D13s and CR2s.
(c) R2s and D2s.
(d) C5s and C2Rs.

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

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

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

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

13. 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) $23,453.
(b) $32,086.
(c) $45,009.
(d) $12,423.

14. How old did Bobbi Campbell turn in January of 1985?
(a) 45.
(b) 28.
(c) 32.
(d) 26.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the director of the U.S. Public Health Service that wrote, "With broadened parental understanding and more scientific research, hopefully, the chances that anyone's child will become victim of homosexuality will eventually decrease" (16)?

2. Where did Peter Staley complete his coursework in political science and economics?

3. What psychoanalyst described "oral regression" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?

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. When was Executive Order 50 issued in New York City?

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