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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 genius behind ACT UP's media machine that challenged presidential candidate Bill Clinton to address the AIDS crisis in 1992?
(a) Dr. Tony Fauci.
(b) John Hale.
(c) Tim Sweeney.
(d) Bob Rafsky.

2. What pharmaceutical company did Dr. Sonnabend hammer away at for a supply of AL721 in 1987?
(a) Burroughs Wellcome.
(b) Merck.
(c) Praxis.
(d) Bayer.

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

4. What is the drug Zorivax used to treat?
(a) Herpes.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Cancer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Merck's spokesman when Bill Bahlman and Michael Becker participated in a Phase II efficacy trial for the company?

2. What convenience store chain canceled health insurance for any of its 26,000 employees with AIDS unless it was contracted through a blood transfusion or errant spouse in 1988?

3. Who intended to direct Kramer's recent stage hit to screen in 1987?

4. What was the headline of The Village Voice's adapted publication of Mark Harrington's ACTG Critique?

5. Where did Dr. Sonnaben manage to get a hospital bed for Griffin Gold in July of 1988?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Lavender Hill Mob?

2. How does the author describe the emotional toll of the AIDS epidemic in the Epilogue?

3. When and where was The Normal Heart produced? What is it about?

4. Why is The Making of the Atomic Bomb discussed in Part 4, Chapter 3?

5. How had the budget and circumstances of GMHC changed by 1987?

6. What were the repercussions for Mark Harrington's article "Anatomy of a Disaster"?

7. Who is Michael Petrelis?

8. What was the Actions committee of ACT UP responsible for?

9. What is GLAAD? When and where was it founded?

10. What organizations were represented at the preliminary meeting for a formal Patient Constituency Working Group within the ACTG program in 1990?

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