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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does TAG stand for?
(a) Treatment Action Group.
(b) Treatment for AIDS Group.
(c) Teen AIDS Group.
(d) Treatment Antibody Group.

2. What is the drug Zorivax used to treat?
(a) Anemia.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Herpes.
(d) Syphilis.

3. Who sent his private jet to bring Ryan White's family to Disneyland?
(a) Elton John.
(b) Dr. David Sencer.
(c) Jim Eigo.
(d) Joseph Rafuse.

4. For whom was Bob Rafsky a spokesman by day when he headed the Media Committee for ACT UP?
(a) Donald Trump.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) George H.W. Bush.

5. Who was Ryan White's doctor who stated, "I can assure everyone [White] has AIDS and it's still fatal" (312)?
(a) Dr. Martin B. Kleiman.
(b) Dr. Joseph Rafuse.
(c) Dr. Jim Eigo.
(d) Dr. David Sencer.

6. In 1990 there was one AIDS death in America in what span of time?
(a) 23 minutes.
(b) 16 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 12 minutes.

7. Who was Reagan's surgeon general who mailed an educational brochure on AIDS to every household in the country?
(a) Jim Eigo.
(b) David Sencer.
(c) C. Everett Koop.
(d) Joseph Rafuse.

8. Who was Eric Sawyer's lover who had recently died in 1987?
(a) Michael Callen.
(b) Scott Bernard.
(c) Howard Moody.
(d) John Douglas Crane.

9. Who was the AIDS adviser for Congressman Henry Waxman?
(a) John Hale.
(b) Tim Westmoreland.
(c) Tim Sweeney.
(d) Dr. Tony Fauci.

10. Trichosanthes kirilowii is a common landscaping plant that is also known as what?
(a) Diviner's sage.
(b) Star thistle.
(c) Chinese cucumber.
(d) Japanese pear.

11. What was the headline of The Village Voice's adapted publication of Mark Harrington's ACTG Critique?
(a) "AIDS Research Stalled."
(b) "Anatomy of a Disaster."
(c) "Christopher Street Dilemma."
(d) "Struggles in Queendom."

12. What does CRIA stand for?
(a) Cancer Retroviral Independent Antibody.
(b) Cancer Research Initiative on AIDS.
(c) Cancer Retroviral Infection from AIDS.
(d) Community Research Initiative on AIDS.

13. Who is the UCLA specialist in reconstructing the immune system that contacted Mark Harrington following his Voice article?
(a) Dr. Jim Eigo.
(b) John Douglas Crane.
(c) Dr. John Ziegler.
(d) Dr. Steve Miles.

14. Who intended to direct Kramer's recent stage hit to screen in 1987?
(a) Barbara Streisand.
(b) Joan Crawford.
(c) Helen Hayes.
(d) Woody Allen.

15. What experimental compound did Mark Harrington learn researchers were testing in combination with AZT at the Primary Infection Committee meeting described in Part 4, Chapter 1?
(a) Suramin.
(b) ddC.
(c) AZT.
(d) HPA-23.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the policy analyst at AIDS Project Los Angeles that attended the preliminary meeting for the Patient Constituency Working Group within ACTG?

2. Who was Martin Sheen's best friend and best man at his wedding who had died in 1987?

3. How old was Griffin Gold when he was hospitalized in July of 1988?

4. Who did President Bush open up a prime-time spot for a program about during the 1992 presidential elections?

5. Who was Merck's spokesman when Bill Bahlman and Michael Becker participated in a Phase II efficacy trial for the company?

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