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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 was the code name of the first of the "mysterious capsules" that Bill Bahlman and Michael Becker received from Merck for a trial?

2. How many specific ultimatums were included in the ACT UP demands to the NIH in 1990?

3. Where was Ryan White violently hounded out of his middle school?

4. What does CRI stand for?

5. Who from Burroughs Wellcome's public affairs department met with Peter Staley and Mark Harrington, as described in Part 3, Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

6. What is CD8?

7. What do KS lesions refer to?

8. What was the Actions committee of ACT UP responsible for?

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

10. What is CD4?

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 organization GLAAD. When was GLAAD founded? Why was GLAAD founded? What actions did GLAAD take to change the circumstances of gay, lesbian, and AIDS-afflicted persons?

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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