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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what New York City mayor did Kramer write, "With his silence on AIDS, the Mayor of New York is helping to kill us" (82)?
(a) Rudy Giuliani.
(b) Ed Koch.
(c) John Lindsay.
(d) Michael Bloomberg.

2. Who was the Catholic Church's attorney who met with reporters in Judge Alvin Klein's office, as described in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) John Hale.
(b) Chuck Ortleb.
(c) John O'Connor.
(d) Tim Sweeney.

3. From where were half of the professed heterosexual men with GRID recent immigrants in 1982?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Columbia.

4. What new experimental therapy had Montagnier recently discovered in 1985 with his colleague Jean-Claude Chermann to have potential to curb reverse transcription?
(a) Pentamidine.
(b) Suramin.
(c) HPA-23.
(d) AZT.

5. What does GRID stand for?
(a) Gamma-ray intensity diagonistics.
(b) Gay retroviral immune deficiency.
(c) Gay-related internal destruction.
(d) Gay-related immune deficiency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the developer of AZT?

2. Where did Lawrence Mass work full-time when he was on the board of the GMHC?

3. What are the raw materials called that cancer cells use to make new DNA necessary for rapid cell divisions?

4. What term refers to a reduction in the numbers of white cells in the blood, typical of various diseases?

5. When was suramin first pushed into human trials for AIDS?

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