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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Bill Clinton's new health secretary in January of 1993?
(a) Donna Shalala.
(b) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(c) John Hale.
(d) Tim Sweeney.

2. In Kramer's plan, who was the renegade surgeon general that would be put in charge of the Manhattan Project for AIDS?
(a) Tim Sweeney.
(b) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(c) C. Everett Koop.
(d) John Hale.

3. Who was the current NIH head leading up to the 1992 presidential elections?
(a) Dr. Bernadine Healy.
(b) Dr. Tim Sweeney.
(c) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(d) Dr. John Hale.

4. Who came to represent the Women's AIDS Resource Network at the preliminary meeting for the Patient Constituency Working Group within ACTG?
(a) Marie St.-Cyr Delpe.
(b) Jessica Ziegler.
(c) Dr. Steve Miles.
(d) Anna Douglas Crane.

5. Who sent his private jet to bring Ryan White's family to Disneyland?
(a) Jim Eigo.
(b) Elton John.
(c) Joseph Rafuse.
(d) Dr. David Sencer.

6. Who wrote the book The Making of the Atomic Bomb?
(a) Tim Sweeney.
(b) Richard Rhodes.
(c) Tony Fauci.
(d) John Hale.

7. Trichosanthes kirilowii is a common landscaping plant that is also known as what?
(a) Chinese cucumber.
(b) Japanese pear.
(c) Diviner's sage.
(d) Star thistle.

8. For what novel had Nora Ephron recently received bestselling success in 1987?
(a) Lonely Heart.
(b) When Harry Met Sally.
(c) Chuckaroo.
(d) Heartburn.

9. Who was the medical director of CRI that Mark Harrington charged at Callen's final board meeting?
(a) Bernard Bihari.
(b) John Ziegler.
(c) Dr. Steve Miles.
(d) John Douglas Crane.

10. ACT UP chapters from how many states were represented at the NIH protest in May of 1990?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 32.

11. When did Rob Rafsky contract HIV?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1982.

12. Who was Merck's spokesman when Bill Bahlman and Michael Becker participated in a Phase II efficacy trial for the company?
(a) John Hale.
(b) Tim Sweeney.
(c) John Doorley.
(d) Dr. Tony Fauci.

13. Who from the pharmaceutical industry showed Stephen Roach how to make AL721?
(a) Scott Bernard.
(b) Howard Moody.
(c) John Douglas Crane.
(d) Claire Klepner.

14. How old was Griffin Gold when he was hospitalized in July of 1988?
(a) 23.
(b) 36.
(c) 29.
(d) 32.

15. Who was the attorney and T+D member who played a principal role in making the experimental anti-pneumonia drug trimetrexate available to the public?
(a) Jim Eigo.
(b) David Barr.
(c) David Sencer.
(d) Joseph Rafuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did President Bush open up a prime-time spot for a program about during the 1992 presidential elections?

2. Who was the genius behind ACT UP's media machine that challenged presidential candidate Bill Clinton to address the AIDS crisis in 1992?

3. How much money did Burroughs Wellcome announce they would charge for one year of AZT in 1987?

4. What does CRIA stand for?

5. What does the acronym ACT UP stand for?

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