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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 percentage of AIDS cases were in the New York metropolitan area in February of 1983?
(a) 23.5%.
(b) 34.5%.
(c) 63.1%.
(d) 47.3%.

2. Where was Tom Ho taken when he became ill?
(a) The St. Mark's Community Clinic.
(b) Memorial Sloan Kettering.
(c) Lenox Hill Hospital.
(d) Berkeley Medical Center.

3. Who was Bobbi Campbell's lover in 1984, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) James Mason.
(b) Michael Callen.
(c) Bob Hilliard.
(d) John O'Connor.

4. When did Ed Koch become the mayor of New York City?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1988.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the developer of AZT?

2. 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?

3. Where was Jane Teas working as a young pathobiologist in 1984?

4. How old did Bobbi Campbell turn in January of 1985?

5. Who was the director of the U.S. Public Health Service that wrote, "With broadened parental understanding and more scientific research, hopefully, the chances that anyone's child will become victim of homosexuality will eventually decrease" (16)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is GMHC and how was it founded?

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

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

4. Who wrote the novel Faggots and what was controversial about this book?

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

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

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

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

9. What is Executive Order 50? When was it enacted and by whom?

10. What book led Ortleb to believe the government was intentionally causing AIDS deaths? What was the subject of this book?

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