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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. How many chapters did the ACT UP organization count at its peak?
(a) 119.
(b) 212.
(c) 112.
(d) 148.

2. What was the total death tally of AIDS patients in February of 1983?
(a) 612.
(b) 534.
(c) 418.
(d) 332.

3. Where did Mathidle Krim grow up?
(a) Paris.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Geneva.
(d) London.

4. 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?
(a) Edmund Bergler.
(b) Sandor Ferenczi.
(c) Lawrence K. Altman.
(d) David Webster.

5. When was Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment first published?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1981.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease was suramin being prescribed to treat in Africa when it was first put on trial in AIDS research?

2. Where did Peter Staley complete his coursework in political science and economics?

3. Who was Bobbi Campbell's lover in 1984, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 2?

4. How much money did Rosen receive for the AIDS Institute on February 27, 1985 from Albany for education money?

5. What word from the text in Part 1, Chapter 1 refers to an outcast from society?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does GRID mean and where did this term originate?

5. What was Dr. James Mason's history before assuming the job as the CDC director?

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

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

8. What does ACT UP refer to? When, where, and by whom was it established?

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

10. How does the author describe his findings when he looked up "Homosexuality" in his school library at 18?

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