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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 psychoanalyst described "oral regression" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?

2. What play of Larry Kramer's opened at the Public Theater in 1985?

3. What human enzyme is AZT a dead ringer for?

4. From where were half of the professed heterosexual men with GRID recent immigrants in 1982?

5. What was the name of Anita Bryant's anti-gay religious coalition?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about John O'Connor's instillation as archbishop of New York in 1984?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Executive Order 50? When was it enacted and by whom?

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

9. Who was Michael Callen? What led him to his collaboration with Richard Berkowitz?

10. Where did Larry Kramer grow up? How did this influence him as an individual?

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 the career and work of Dr. Alvin Friedman-Kien. What is Friedman-Kien's specialization? How did he first encounter patients who had what would be known as AIDS? What treatments did he attempt on these patients?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Mark Harrington's life, career, and work. What was Mark Harrington's profession? How did he become involved in activist groups? What role did he play in those groups?

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