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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Mathidle Krim grow up?
(a) London.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Paris.
(d) Zurich.

4. Who was Lawrence Mass's lover who took him to the psychiatric ward at St. Vincents when Mass became suicidal?
(a) Sandor Ferenczi.
(b) George de Stefano.
(c) Richard Failla.
(d) Arnie Kantrowitz.

5. Where is Dr. Joe Sonnabend from?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Brazil.

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

7. 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) Paul Popham.
(b) Sandor Ferenczi.
(c) David Webster
(d) Mel Cheren.

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

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

10. 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.

11. What new experimental therapy had Montagnier recently discovered in 1985 with his colleague Jean-Claude Chermann to have potential to curb reverse transcription?
(a) Suramin.
(b) AZT.
(c) Pentamidine.
(d) HPA-23.

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

13. 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) John O'Connor.
(b) John Hale.
(c) Tim Sweeney.
(d) Chuck Ortleb.

14. Who is the former prosecutor who advocated for the legal needs of the sick at the newly founded GMHC?
(a) Richard Failla.
(b) Sandor Ferenczi.
(c) George de Stefano.
(d) Chuck Ortleb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many patients did Dr. Robert Yarchoan enroll in a protocol that included intravenous infusions of AZT three times daily for two weeks in July of 1985?

2. How many cases of the gay cancer were on the CDC list by July of 1982?

3. As a conservative estimate, how many sexual partners had Michael Callen had when he was diagnosed?

4. Where was Jane Teas working as a young pathobiologist in 1984?

5. What word from the text in Part 1, Chapter 1 refers to an outcast from society?

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