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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) Joseph Rafuse.
(b) Lisa Behrens.
(c) Jim Eigo.
(d) Dr. David Sencer.

2. Who was the gay Clinton adviser who spoke at the Democratic convention for Bill Clinton in 1992?
(a) John Hale.
(b) Tony Fauci.
(c) Bob Hattoy.
(d) Tim Sweeney.

3. 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. Jim Eigo.
(c) Dr. David Sencer.
(d) Dr. Joseph Rafuse.

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

5. In Kramer's plan, who was the renegade surgeon general that would be put in charge of the Manhattan Project for AIDS?
(a) John Hale.
(b) Tim Sweeney.
(c) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(d) C. Everett Koop.

6. Where was Doug Gould adopted?
(a) Texas.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Colorado.

7. Above what park did Larry Kramer have a one-bedroom apartment in 1987, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Lafayette Park.
(b) Washington Square Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Prospect Park.

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

9. What does CRI stand for?
(a) Community Retroviral Initiative.
(b) Cancer Research Institute.
(c) Community Research Initiative.
(d) Cancer Research Industry.

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

11. Where did Mark Harrington study art, literature, and history?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Columbia University.

12. 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) HPA-23.
(b) ddC.
(c) AZT.
(d) Suramin.

13. Who was the Montgomery, Alabama mayor who warned in a front-page Montgomery Advertiser story that he had zero sympathy for AIDS victims?
(a) Jim Eigo.
(b) David Sencer.
(c) Joseph Rafuse.
(d) Emory Folmar.

14. Who was Martin Sheen's best friend and best man at his wedding who had died in 1987?
(a) John Douglas Crane.
(b) Scott Bernard.
(c) Michael Callen.
(d) Howard Moody.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had ACTG's budget expanded to in 1990?

2. What pharmaceutical company produced acyclovir?

3. Trichosanthes kirilowii is a common landscaping plant that is also known as what?

4. How many people attended the first ACT UP protest on Wall Street?

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

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