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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pharmaceutical company produced acyclovir?
(a) Bayer.
(b) Merck.
(c) Praxis.
(d) Burroughs Wellcome.

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

3. From where did 125,000 Cuban refugees flee by raft and boat to Miami in 1980?
(a) Mariel.
(b) San Jose.
(c) San Juan.
(d) St. Lopez.

4. Where did Berkowitz move in 1985 at the invitation of a kind former client?
(a) Trinity, California.
(b) Bal Harbour, Florida.
(c) Berkeley, California.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Above what park did Larry Kramer have a one-bedroom apartment in 1987, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 1?

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

3. How many AIDS cases were reported by February 20, 1985, with half of them dead?

4. What pharmaceutical company did Dr. Sonnabend hammer away at for a supply of AL721 in 1987?

5. What does GRID stand for?

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