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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does ARC stand for?

2. What was the author doing an internship for when he first visited New York City?

3. What percentage of AIDS cases were in the New York metropolitan area in February of 1983?

4. What are the raw materials called that cancer cells use to make new DNA necessary for rapid cell divisions?

5. When did the author earn his college degree?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Richard Berkowitz and what led him to activism?

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

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

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

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

6. How and where did Dr. Joe Sonnabend come across his first AIDS patients?

7. Who was Mathidle Krim and what led her to AIDS research?

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

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

10. What does "LAV" refer to and why is it significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the establishment of ACT UP. When and where was this organization founded? Who founded it? What was its mission? How did it differ from other activist organizations of the time?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Clinton administration's response to the AIDS crisis. What measures did Bill Clinton enact to promote research and treatment for the disease? How did Clinton restructure the federal AIDS commission?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the organization GLAAD. When was GLAAD founded? Why was GLAAD founded? What actions did GLAAD take to change the circumstances of gay, lesbian, and AIDS-afflicted persons?

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