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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Dr. Barbara Starrett working as the director of lesbian and gay medical services when she encountered her first patient with signs of AIDS?
(a) The NYU Medical Center.
(b) The West Village Men's Clinic.
(c) The St. Mark's Community Clinic.
(d) The Roosevelt Hospital.

3. What does ASFV stand for?
(a) AIDS San Francisco virus.
(b) AIDS socialites for virology.
(c) African swine fever virus.
(d) AIDS safety forum for violence.

4. What are the raw materials called that cancer cells use to make new DNA necessary for rapid cell divisions?
(a) Thymidine.
(b) Bactrims.
(c) Pentamidines.
(d) Nucleosides.

5. What is the first of the four criteria for "Koch's Postulates" that is described in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Must be capable of reproduction using human cells.
(b) Must be present in everyone suffering from the disease but in no one who is healthy.
(c) Must be capable of reproduction on its own.
(d) Must be isolated from the carrier and must be able to crow in pure culture.

6. Who was the publisher of the New York Native in August of 1982?
(a) Sandor Ferenczi.
(b) George de Stefano.
(c) Chuck Ortleb.
(d) Richard Failla.

7. The two-step procedure for blood testing for HTLV-3/LAV used a method called ELISA and another called what?
(a) Level One.
(b) Set values.
(c) Western Blot.
(d) Red Green.

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

9. Of what New York City mayor did Kramer write, "With his silence on AIDS, the Mayor of New York is helping to kill us" (82)?
(a) Rudy Giuliani.
(b) Michael Bloomberg.
(c) Ed Koch.
(d) John Lindsay.

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

11. Who was the founder of West End Records and the owner of the welfare hotel where the GMHC established as their first permanent home?
(a) Mel Cheren.
(b) Paul Popham.
(c) Sandor Ferenczi.
(d) David Webster

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

13. 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.

14. How many chapters did the ACT UP organization count at its peak?
(a) 119.
(b) 112.
(c) 212.
(d) 148.

15. Where did Larry Kramer grow up?
(a) Boston.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was New York City's preeminent cancer hospital that instituted a formal ban on treating victims of the gay cancer?

4. Where did Mathidle Krim grow up?

5. 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?

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