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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. Where did Nathan Fain go to spend his last days before dying?

2. What pharmaceutical company produced acyclovir?

3. What did the weekly newsletter TITA stand for?

4. How much money did Burroughs Wellcome announce they would charge for one year of AZT in 1987?

5. Where was Doug Gould adopted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changed the front of the AIDS epidemice in 1996?

2. What did the fall of the Berlin Wall signify for AIDS activists?

3. What is the CRI and where is it based?

4. What were the repercussions for Mark Harrington's article "Anatomy of a Disaster"?

5. When and where was The Normal Heart produced? What is it about?

6. How does the author describe the emotional toll of the AIDS epidemic in the Epilogue?

7. What is zalcitabine?

8. What do KS lesions refer to?

9. What is CD8?

10. Who is Bob Rafsky?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the effects of HIV/AIDS on the body. How does AIDS spread inside the body? What aspects of the body are impacted by AIDS? What are the main causes of death for AIDS patients?

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

Discuss the Reagan administration's response to the AIDS crisis. How and when did Reagan publicly address the issue? What did he do to help progress in research and treatment? What amount did he budget for AIDS research?

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