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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) August 6, 1984.
(b) June 2, 1985.
(c) July 30, 1986.
(d) March 23, 1968.

2. What is the name of the social service agency that Mel Rosen was vice president of?
(a) GMCA.
(b) Wildcat.
(c) Midnight.
(d) ACT UP.

3. 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.

4. Who was the chairman of the GMHC's medical board that referred to "the Elizabeth Taylor model of behavior--serial monogamy" (53)?
(a) Dan William.
(b) George de Stefano.
(c) Sandor Ferenczi.
(d) Richard Failla.

5. From where did 125,000 Cuban refugees flee by raft and boat to Miami in 1980?
(a) San Juan.
(b) Mariel.
(c) San Jose.
(d) St. Lopez.

6. 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) $12,423.
(b) $32,086.
(c) $45,009.
(d) $23,453.

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

8. 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)?
(a) Dr. Alick Isaacs.
(b) Dr. Gregg Bordowitz.
(c) Dr. David Webster.
(d) Dr. Stanley F. Yolles.

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

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

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

12. When did the author earn his college degree?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1991.

13. Where did Richard Berkowitz earn a journalism degree?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Berkeley University.
(d) Rutgers University.

14. Who was the Catholic Church's attorney who met with reporters in Judge Alvin Klein's office, as described in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) John O'Connor.
(b) Tim Sweeney.
(c) John Hale.
(d) Chuck Ortleb.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What does AIDS stand for?

3. Who is the former prosecutor who advocated for the legal needs of the sick at the newly founded GMHC?

4. What was the author doing an internship for when he first visited New York City?

5. Who was the founder of West End Records and the owner of the welfare hotel where the GMHC established as their first permanent home?

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