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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who from Burroughs Wellcome's public affairs department met with Peter Staley and Mark Harrington, as described in Part 3, Chapter 5?
(a) Dr. David Sencer.
(b) Jim Eigo.
(c) Joseph Rafuse.
(d) Lisa Behrens.

2. Who did President Bush open up a prime-time spot for a program about during the 1992 presidential elections?
(a) John Hale.
(b) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(c) Mary Fisher.
(d) Tim Sweeney.

3. What was the budget of the GMHC in 1987?
(a) $6 million.
(b) $2 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $3 million.

4. What does the acronym ACT UP stand for?
(a) AIDS Community to Urgent Preexamination.
(b) AIDS Community Toward Upper Power.
(c) AIDS Center for Treatment and Urgent Participation.
(d) AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.

5. 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."

6. ACT UP chapters from how many states were represented at the NIH protest in May of 1990?
(a) 20.
(b) 32.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

7. What convenience store chain canceled health insurance for any of its 26,000 employees with AIDS unless it was contracted through a blood transfusion or errant spouse in 1988?
(a) Wawa.
(b) Circle K.
(c) Quick-E Mart.
(d) CarMart.

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

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

10. Who was Bill Clinton's new health secretary in January of 1993?
(a) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(b) Tim Sweeney.
(c) Donna Shalala.
(d) John Hale.

11. 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) George H.W. Bush.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

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

13. What did the posthumous diagnosis show that Doug Gould died from?
(a) Cytomegalovirus pneumonia.
(b) Streptococcus pneumonia.
(c) Legionella pneumonia.
(d) Mycoplasma pneumonia.

14. Who was the genius behind ACT UP's media machine that challenged presidential candidate Bill Clinton to address the AIDS crisis in 1992?
(a) Tim Sweeney.
(b) John Hale.
(c) Bob Rafsky.
(d) Dr. Tony Fauci.

15. Who came to represent the National Association of PWAs at the preliminary meeting for the Patient Constituency Working Group within ACTG?
(a) John Douglas Crane.
(b) Chuck Mayer.
(c) John Ziegler.
(d) Dr. Steve Miles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term refers to an extreme or irrational fear of heights?

3. What did Mark Harrington create and introduce at a T+D meeting to much acclaim?

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

5. Who suggested shutting down Wall Street as a means of protest at the meeting for advocacy and protests described in Part 3, Chapter 1?

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