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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. How much money did GMHC receive from state AIDS contracts in Albany for "public information" on February 27, 1985?
(a) $231,000.
(b) $95,000.
(c) $67,034.
(d) $183,000.

2. Who was Bobbi Campbell's lover in 1984, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) James Mason.
(b) John O'Connor.
(c) Michael Callen.
(d) Bob Hilliard.

3. When was Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment first published?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1993.

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

5. Who is the former prosecutor who advocated for the legal needs of the sick at the newly founded GMHC?
(a) George de Stefano.
(b) Chuck Ortleb.
(c) Richard Failla.
(d) Sandor Ferenczi.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Executive Order 50 issued in New York City?

2. What is the North Carolina-based drugmaker that expressed interest in investing research into AIDS when confronted by Broder?

3. What percentage of AIDS cases were in the New York metropolitan area in February of 1983?

4. Where did Larry Kramer grow up?

5. Who became the archbishop of New York in early 1984?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrote the novel Faggots and what was controversial about this book?

2. Who is Richard Berkowitz and what led him to activism?

3. What was Dr. James Mason's history before assuming the job as the CDC director?

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

5. Who was Michael Callen? What led him to his collaboration with Richard Berkowitz?

6. What was the New York Native? Who founded it?

7. What is AZT and who developed it?

8. Who was Mathidle Krim and what led her to AIDS research?

9. What comparisons does the author make regarding AIDS research and funding in New York City versus San Francisco in early 1984?

10. What does "LAV" refer to and why is it significant?

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