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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had just assumed the position as the CDC director in March of 1985?
(a) Dr. James Mason.
(b) Dr. David Sencer.
(c) Dr. John O'Connor.
(d) Dr. Michael Callen.

2. What street in New York City does the author describe as "the mountaintop of gay life" in Part 1, Chapter 1 (13)?
(a) Lafayette Street.
(b) Greenwich Street.
(c) Broadway.
(d) Christopher Street.

3. Who was the Reagan administration's health secretary in 1985?
(a) John O'Connor.
(b) Margaret Heckler.
(c) Michael Callen.
(d) Richard Failla.

4. What was the author doing an internship for when he first visited New York City?
(a) The United Nations.
(b) The Globe.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The New York Post.

5. The two-step procedure for blood testing for HTLV-3/LAV used a method called ELISA and another called what?
(a) Set values.
(b) Western Blot.
(c) Level One.
(d) Red Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what residence for homeless PWAs did Michael Petrelis live in 1987?

2. How old was the author when he first visited New York City?

3. With whom did Larry Kramer have a nasty separation, leading to Kramer's turning against the gay world entirely, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. What was the name of Anita Bryant's anti-gay religious coalition?

5. Who was Lawrence Mass's lover who took him to the psychiatric ward at St. Vincents when Mass became suicidal?

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