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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a conservative estimate, how many sexual partners had Michael Callen had when he was diagnosed?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 500.

2. Where did Richard Berkowitz earn a journalism degree?
(a) New York University.
(b) Berkeley University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Rutgers University.

3. What is the first of the four criteria for "Koch's Postulates" that is described in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Must be present in everyone suffering from the disease but in no one who is healthy.
(b) Must be capable of reproduction using human cells.
(c) Must be capable of reproduction on its own.
(d) Must be isolated from the carrier and must be able to crow in pure culture.

4. Where was Jane Teas working as a young pathobiologist in 1984?
(a) MIT.
(b) New York University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.

5. Who was the founder of West End Records and the owner of the welfare hotel where the GMHC established as their first permanent home?
(a) Sandor Ferenczi.
(b) David Webster
(c) Mel Cheren.
(d) Paul Popham.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much had the mayor of New York City spend in the first 30 months of plague, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. 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?

4. Who was the director of the U.S. Public Health Service that wrote, "With broadened parental understanding and more scientific research, hopefully, the chances that anyone's child will become victim of homosexuality will eventually decrease" (16)?

5. Where is the toilet in question that is described in the New York Times article "Rest Room Shut to Foreclose Use by Homosexuals" (14)?

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