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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

2. What human enzyme is AZT a dead ringer for?
(a) Thymidine.
(b) Thiamin.
(c) Nucleoside.
(d) Pentamidine.

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

4. When was Executive Order 50 issued in New York City?
(a) April, 1980.
(b) September, 1981.
(c) June, 1985.
(d) March, 1982.

5. When was Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment first published?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1979.

6. What drug was capable of lowering the death rate of PCP to 50%, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) AZT.
(b) Bactrim.
(c) DDI.
(d) Pentamidine.

7. What does ARC stand for?
(a) AIDS respect community.
(b) Antiviral retrovirus cancer.
(c) AIDS research community.
(d) AIDS-related complex.

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

9. What disease was suramin being prescribed to treat in Africa when it was first put on trial in AIDS research?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) River blindness.
(d) Emphysema.

10. 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) $35,000.
(d) $24,500.

11. Who was the first of Dr. Yarchoan's patients to be treated with AZT in clinical trial in July of 1985?
(a) Tim Sweeney.
(b) Joseph Rafuse.
(c) John O'Connor.
(d) John Hale.

12. Who was the head of the NIAID in July of 1985?
(a) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(b) Dr. Tom Steele.
(c) Dr. James Mason.
(d) Dr. David Sencer.

13. 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) Edmund Bergler.
(b) David Webster.
(c) Lawrence K. Altman.
(d) Sandor Ferenczi.

14. How many cases of the gay cancer were on the CDC list by July of 1982?
(a) 125.
(b) 245.
(c) 452.
(d) 312.

15. Who at Lambda Legal Defense is cited in Part 2, Chapter 3 as saying, "It's time we had a mayor who used all his power to bring about this protection" regarding Executive Order 50 (166)?
(a) Tim Sweeney.
(b) John O'Connor.
(c) John Hale.
(d) Chuck Ortleb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became the archbishop of New York in early 1984?

2. Who was the discoverer of interferon that Dr. Joe Sonnabend studied with?

3. What does AIDS stand for?

4. What is the name of the social service agency that Mel Rosen was vice president of?

5. When was suramin first pushed into human trials for AIDS?

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