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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the New York Times science writer whom Dr. Friedman-Kien called to report on the sudden emergence of KS, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Lawrence K. Altman.
(b) David Webster.
(c) Edmund Bergler.
(d) Sandor Ferenczi.

2. What drug was capable of lowering the death rate of PCP to 50%, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Pentamidine.
(b) DDI.
(c) Bactrim.
(d) AZT.

3. What theorist and psychoanalyst referred to "paraphilia" as a cause for "sociopathic personality disturbance," according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1 (16)?
(a) Sandor Ferenczi.
(b) Gregg Bordowitz.
(c) Alick Isaacs.
(d) David Webster.

4. Where did Peter Staley complete his coursework in political science and economics?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Oberlin College.
(d) Harvard University.

5. 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) John Lindsay.
(b) Ed Koch.
(c) Michael Bloomberg.
(d) Rudy Giuliani.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mathidle Krim grow up?

2. How many chapters did the ACT UP organization count at its peak?

3. Where did Larry Kramer grow up?

4. What percentage of AIDS cases were in the New York metropolitan area in February of 1983?

5. What was New York City's preeminent cancer hospital that instituted a formal ban on treating victims of the gay cancer?

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