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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. Who did President Bush open up a prime-time spot for a program about during the 1992 presidential elections?

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

3. What did the weekly newsletter TITA stand for?

4. Who was the Montgomery, Alabama mayor who warned in a front-page Montgomery Advertiser story that he had zero sympathy for AIDS victims?

5. What had ACTG's budget expanded to in 1990?

Short Essay Questions

1. What organizations were represented at the preliminary meeting for a formal Patient Constituency Working Group within the ACTG program in 1990?

2. Who is Michael Petrelis?

3. What is zalcitabine?

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

5. Who is Bob Rafsky?

6. What do KS lesions refer to?

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

8. Who is Andy Humm and what are his contributions to the cause?

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

10. What happened with the Merck trial that Bill Bahlman participated in, as described in Part 4, Chapter 3?

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 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 3

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?

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