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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How much money did the lawyers for the 49 West 12 Tenants Corporation offer Sonnabend as restitution, plus legal costs?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $24,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $5,000.

4. What play of Larry Kramer's opened at the Public Theater in 1985?
(a) The Normal Heart.
(b) The Loneley Hunter.
(c) Faggots.
(d) Lenox Hill Memories.

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

6. 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) Kings County.
(b) Middlesex County.
(c) Queens County.
(d) Westchester County.

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

8. What percentage of AIDS cases were in the New York metropolitan area in February of 1983?
(a) 47.3%.
(b) 63.1%.
(c) 34.5%.
(d) 23.5%.

9. 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. James Mason.
(d) Dr. David Sencer.

10. 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) $12,423.
(c) $45,009.
(d) $32,086.

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

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

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

14. What was the total death tally of AIDS patients in February of 1983?
(a) 612.
(b) 534.
(c) 332.
(d) 418.

15. 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) $124,000.
(b) $24,500.
(c) $35,000.
(d) $42,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where were half of the professed heterosexual men with GRID recent immigrants in 1982?

2. How much money did Rosen receive for the AIDS Institute on February 27, 1985 from Albany for education money?

3. What drug was capable of lowering the death rate of PCP to 50%, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. Who was the Reagan administration's health secretary in 1985?

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

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