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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. How many ACT UP activists stood together on the NIH campus at their protest in May of 1990?

2. Who was Ryan White's doctor who stated, "I can assure everyone [White] has AIDS and it's still fatal" (312)?

3. Who was the pastor of the Judson Memorial Church that agreed to use their facility for the launch press conference for AL721?

4. Where was the biotech firm Imreg headquartered in 1988?

5. What does the acronym ACT UP stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is GLAAD? When and where was it founded?

2. How had the budget and circumstances of GMHC changed by 1987?

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

4. What did Bob Rafsky do when he attended the campaign event for Clinton that is described in Part 4, Chapter 3?

5. What was the Silence = Death Project?

6. What do KS lesions refer to?

7. Why is The Making of the Atomic Bomb discussed in Part 4, Chapter 3?

8. What is The Celluloid Closet about and when was it produced?

9. What is CD8?

10. What is zalcitabine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the establishment of ACT UP. When and where was this organization founded? Who founded it? What was its mission? How did it differ from other activist organizations of the time?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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