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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. Trichosanthes kirilowii is a common landscaping plant that is also known as what?
(a) Chinese cucumber.
(b) Japanese pear.
(c) Star thistle.
(d) Diviner's sage.

2. For whom was Bob Rafsky a spokesman by day when he headed the Media Committee for ACT UP?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) George H.W. Bush.
(d) Donald Trump.

3. Who was Merck's spokesman when Bill Bahlman and Michael Becker participated in a Phase II efficacy trial for the company?
(a) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(b) John Hale.
(c) John Doorley.
(d) Tim Sweeney.

4. Who did President Bush open up a prime-time spot for a program about during the 1992 presidential elections?
(a) Mary Fisher.
(b) Tim Sweeney.
(c) John Hale.
(d) Dr. Tony Fauci.

5. Who was the policy analyst at AIDS Project Los Angeles that attended the preliminary meeting for the Patient Constituency Working Group within ACTG?
(a) John Douglas Crane.
(b) Mario Solis-Marich.
(c) Dr. Steve Miles.
(d) John Ziegler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sent his private jet to bring Ryan White's family to Disneyland?

2. What pharmaceutical company produced acyclovir?

3. What does CRI stand for?

4. What term refers to an extreme or irrational fear of heights?

5. Who was Stephen Roach's lover who accompanied him to the headquarters of the pharmaceutical company that produced AL721 in 1987?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Silence = Death Project?

2. What is zalcitabine?

3. How does the author describe the emotional toll of the AIDS epidemic in the Epilogue?

4. When and where was The Normal Heart produced? What is it about?

5. What organizations were represented at the preliminary meeting for a formal Patient Constituency Working Group within the ACTG program in 1990?

6. Who is Michael Petrelis?

7. What is GLAAD? When and where was it founded?

8. What changed the front of the AIDS epidemice in 1996?

9. What did the fall of the Berlin Wall signify for AIDS activists?

10. Why is The Making of the Atomic Bomb discussed in Part 4, Chapter 3?

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