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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. What word from the text in Part 1, Chapter 1 refers to an outcast from society?
(a) Demigogue.
(b) Lemurian.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Pariah.

2. What does ASFV stand for?
(a) AIDS safety forum for violence.
(b) AIDS San Francisco virus.
(c) AIDS socialites for virology.
(d) African swine fever virus.

3. Where did Richard Berkowitz earn a journalism degree?
(a) Berkeley University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) New York University.

4. Of what New York City mayor did Kramer write, "With his silence on AIDS, the Mayor of New York is helping to kill us" (82)?
(a) Michael Bloomberg.
(b) Rudy Giuliani.
(c) John Lindsay.
(d) Ed Koch.

5. Where did Berkowitz move in 1985 at the invitation of a kind former client?
(a) Newark, New Jersey.
(b) Trinity, California.
(c) Bal Harbour, Florida.
(d) Berkeley, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the New York Times science writer whom Dr. Friedman-Kien called to report on the sudden emergence of KS, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. What drug was shown in studies to be nearly 100% effective in preventing PCP in at-risk populations in the mid-1970s?

3. Where is the toilet in question that is described in the New York Times article "Rest Room Shut to Foreclose Use by Homosexuals" (14)?

4. Where did Larry Kramer grow up?

5. Where was Tom Ho taken when he became ill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jane Teas the first to discover in AIDS research?

2. What comparisons does the author make regarding AIDS research and funding in New York City versus San Francisco in early 1984?

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

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

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

6. How is Dr. Robert Yarchoan's Phase I trial on AZT described?

7. What is AZT and who developed it?

8. Who is Samuel Broder and what was his position from 1989 to 1995?

9. Who was Michael Callen? What led him to his collaboration with Richard Berkowitz?

10. What is suramin and how did it come to be tested for the treatment of AIDS?

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