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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a conservative estimate, how many sexual partners had Michael Callen had when he was diagnosed?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 3,000.

2. With whom did Larry Kramer have a nasty separation, leading to Kramer's turning against the gay world entirely, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Lawrence K. Altman.
(b) Sandor Ferenczi.
(c) David Webster.
(d) Edmund Bergler.

3. Where is the CDC headquarters located?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New York.

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

5. From where were half of the professed heterosexual men with GRID recent immigrants in 1982?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does AIDS stand for?

2. What was the total death tally of AIDS patients in February of 1983?

3. When was Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment first published?

4. What does GMHC stand for?

5. Who was the head of the NIAID in July of 1985?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bactrim and why was it used on patients with HIV/AIDS?

2. How and where did Dr. Joe Sonnabend come across his first AIDS patients?

3. Who is Anita Bryant and in what context is she discussed in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. Who was Mathidle Krim and what led her to AIDS research?

5. How are Dr. Sonnabend's finances described in early 1983?

6. What were the Stonewall riots and when did they occur?

7. What was the New York Native? Who founded it?

8. Whose funeral is described in the Prologue? What were this individual's major contributions to the cause, as discussed in this chapter?

9. Where did Larry Kramer grow up? How did this influence him as an individual?

10. How does David France describe his visit home in late 1983?

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