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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the Montgomery, Alabama mayor who warned in a front-page Montgomery Advertiser story that he had zero sympathy for AIDS victims?
(a) David Sencer.
(b) Jim Eigo.
(c) Joseph Rafuse.
(d) Emory Folmar.

3. Where are Merck's headquarters located?
(a) Newark, New Jersey.
(b) New York City.
(c) Rahway, New Jersey.
(d) Rochester, New York.

4. Who is the author of The Celluloid Closet?
(a) Howard Moody.
(b) Scott Bernard.
(c) Vito Russo.
(d) John Douglas Crane.

5. Where was Doug Gould adopted?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Texas.

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

7. Who was the chairman of UCSF's AIDS task force in 1990?
(a) John Ziegler.
(b) John Douglas Crane.
(c) James Mason.
(d) Jim Eigo.

8. Who did President Bush open up a prime-time spot for a program about during the 1992 presidential elections?
(a) Tim Sweeney.
(b) John Hale.
(c) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(d) Mary Fisher.

9. How much money did Burroughs Wellcome announce they would charge for one year of AZT in 1987?
(a) $40,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $4,000.
(d) $15,000.

10. What was Ron Goldberg's title to those in ACT UP?
(a) "Dream Queen."
(b) "Chant Queen."
(c) "Scream Queen."
(d) "Queen Bee."

11. What term refers to an extreme or irrational fear of heights?
(a) Heliophobia.
(b) Acrophobia.
(c) Agoraphobia.
(d) Leukopenia.

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

13. Where did Dr. Sonnaben manage to get a hospital bed for Griffin Gold in July of 1988?
(a) St. Luke's Hospital.
(b) Lenox Hill Hospital.
(c) Columbia Medical Center.
(d) Memorial Sloan Kettering.

14. Who intended to direct Kramer's recent stage hit to screen in 1987?
(a) Woody Allen.
(b) Barbara Streisand.
(c) Helen Hayes.
(d) Joan Crawford.

15. To whose memory did Mark Harrington dedicate his ACTG Critique?
(a) Scott Johnson's.
(b) Dr. Steve Miles's.
(c) John Ziegler's.
(d) John Douglas Crane's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the acronym ACT UP stand for?

2. Who came to represent the National Association of PWAs at the preliminary meeting for the Patient Constituency Working Group within ACTG?

3. What does CRI stand for?

4. Who is the UCLA specialist in reconstructing the immune system that contacted Mark Harrington following his Voice article?

5. At what residence for homeless PWAs did Michael Petrelis live in 1987?

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