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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. When was Executive Order 50 issued in New York City?

2. Who was the Reagan administration's health secretary in 1985?

3. What street in New York City does the author describe as "the mountaintop of gay life" in Part 1, Chapter 1 (13)?

4. Where did Larry Kramer grow up?

5. Who was nominated as the leader of the newly formed GMHC?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does GRID mean and where did this term originate?

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

7. How is Dr. Robert Yarchoan's Phase I trial on AZT described?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 the career and work of Dr. Joseph Sonnebend. Where is Sonnabend from? How did he first learn about the disease that would be called AIDS? What prompted him to research the virus?

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