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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 drug was shown in studies to be nearly 100% effective in preventing PCP in at-risk populations in the mid-1970s?
(a) DDI.
(b) Pentamidine.
(c) Bactrim.
(d) AZT.

2. What does GMHC stand for?
(a) Gay men's health crisis.
(b) Gay men's healing center.
(c) Gay men's honor code.
(d) Gay men's health community.

3. What is the name of the rock band that Michael Callen formed after being diagnosed?
(a) Faggots.
(b) Lowlife.
(c) New Wave.
(d) Black Dawn.

4. What human enzyme is AZT a dead ringer for?
(a) Pentamidine.
(b) Thiamin.
(c) Thymidine.
(d) Nucleoside.

5. What philanthropist donated $1,000 to Dr. Friedman-Kien's research because she was worried about her gay brother?
(a) Lily Auchincloss.
(b) Letitia Bordowitz.
(c) Anna Isaacs.
(d) Anna Webster.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ed Koch become the mayor of New York City?

2. Who oversaw the magazine Christopher Street in late 1983?

3. Who had just assumed the position as the CDC director in March of 1985?

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

5. Where did Berkowitz move in 1985 at the invitation of a kind former client?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What theories arose regarding the 79 AIDS cases of individuals claiming not to be gay in 1982?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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