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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 state agency did Mel Rosen leave the GMHC to start?

2. Where was Tom Ho taken when he became ill?

3. When did the Stonewall Riots take place?

4. Who was Lawrence Mass's lover who took him to the psychiatric ward at St. Vincents when Mass became suicidal?

5. Before the spread of AIDS, Kaposi's sarcoma struck how many Americans out of every three million, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does PCP refer to and what are its dangers?

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

6. What is Burroughs Wellcome and why is it significant?

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

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

9. What was the New York Native? Who founded it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe author David France's work with different AIDS activist groups in the 1980s. With what organizations was France involved? What role did he play in the organization(s)? How did France's involvement affect him?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the drug AZT. When was AZT developed? What was it developed to treat? How does AZT work within the body to combat AIDS?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the life and career of Larry Kramer. What was Kramer's profession? How did Kramer become involved in AIDS activism? What achievements did Kramer attain as an activist?

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