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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the chairman of the GMHC's medical board that referred to "the Elizabeth Taylor model of behavior--serial monogamy" (53)?
(a) Richard Failla.
(b) Dan William.
(c) Sandor Ferenczi.
(d) George de Stefano.

2. Where is the CDC headquarters located?
(a) Seattle.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Washington, D.C.

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

4. Where did Peter Staley complete his coursework in political science and economics?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Oberlin College.
(d) Princeton University.

5. How many AIDS cases were reported by February 20, 1985, with half of them dead?
(a) 659.
(b) 8,597.
(c) 1,367.
(d) 5,231.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Tom Ho taken when he became ill?

2. What word from the text in Part 1, Chapter 1 refers to an outcast from society?

3. Who had just assumed the position as the CDC director in March of 1985?

4. What was the author doing an internship for when he first visited New York City?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is GMHC and how was it founded?

2. What theories arose regarding the 79 AIDS cases of individuals claiming not to be gay in 1982?

3. How many people still die of AIDS every year around the globe (as of the book's publication in 2016)? Why?

4. How does the author describe his findings when he looked up "Homosexuality" in his school library at 18?

5. What book led Ortleb to believe the government was intentionally causing AIDS deaths? What was the subject of this book?

6. What is Executive Order 50? When was it enacted and by whom?

7. How is Dr. Robert Yarchoan's Phase I trial on AZT described?

8. Where did Larry Kramer grow up? How did this influence him as an individual?

9. Who is Samuel Broder and what was his position from 1989 to 1995?

10. What is HTLV-3 and who discovered it?

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