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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. What was the official count of those who died from AIDS in the United States by the end of 2012?
(a) 358,659.
(b) 658,507.
(c) 238,336.
(d) 751,326.

2. Before the spread of AIDS, Kaposi's sarcoma struck how many Americans out of every three million, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Ten.

3. Who oversaw the magazine Christopher Street in late 1983?
(a) Michael Callen.
(b) Tom Steele.
(c) James Mason.
(d) Margaret Heckler.

4. 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) David Webster.
(b) Lawrence K. Altman.
(c) Sandor Ferenczi.
(d) Edmund Bergler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Berkowitz move in 1985 at the invitation of a kind former client?

2. Where is the CDC headquarters located?

3. Where was Alvin Friedman-Kien employed when Dr. Joyce Wallace contacted him regarding cases of Kaposi's sarcoma?

4. How much money did GMHC receive from state AIDS contracts in Albany for "public information" on February 27, 1985?

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

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