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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. In what year is the memorial described in the Prologue?
2. Who was the Catholic Church's attorney who met with reporters in Judge Alvin Klein's office, as described in Part 2, Chapter 3?
3. Where did Berkowitz move in 1985 at the invitation of a kind former client?
4. Where was Dr. Barbara Starrett working as the director of lesbian and gay medical services when she encountered her first patient with signs of AIDS?
5. When did Ed Koch become the mayor of New York City?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Samuel Broder and what was his position from 1989 to 1995?
2. How many people still die of AIDS every year around the globe (as of the book's publication in 2016)? Why?
3. When was the first news of the plague that would later be called AIDS revealed in a noted media publication? What information was revealed?
4. What were the Stonewall riots and when did they occur?
5. What is Bactrim and why was it used on patients with HIV/AIDS?
6. What does ACT UP refer to? When, where, and by whom was it established?
7. What is Executive Order 50? When was it enacted and by whom?
8. What was the New York Native? Who founded it?
9. How are Dr. Sonnabend's finances described in early 1983?
10. What does GRID mean and where did this term originate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the narrative style of How to Survive a Plague. From what perspective does David France relate the narrative? How would you characterize the author's writing style? How would this narrative differ if related from a different perspective?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Michael Callen's role in the AIDS movement. How did Callen become involved in activist groups? What role did he play within those groups? How are the years leading up to Callen's death described?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the AIDS Medical Foundation (amfAR). When and where was it established? By whom? What was its mission?
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