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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the discoverer of interferon that Dr. Joe Sonnabend studied with?

2. Who was Lawrence Mass's lover who took him to the psychiatric ward at St. Vincents when Mass became suicidal?

3. Where did Berkowitz move in 1985 at the invitation of a kind former client?

4. Who was the developer of AZT?

5. What play of Larry Kramer's opened at the Public Theater in 1985?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David France describe his visit home in late 1983?

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

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

4. What does ACT UP refer to? When, where, and by whom was it established?

5. What does PCP refer to and what are its dangers?

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

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

8. Who is Anita Bryant and in what context is she discussed in Part 1, Chapter 1?

9. What were the Stonewall riots and when did they occur?

10. How and where did Dr. Joe Sonnabend come across his first AIDS patients?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the establishment of ACT UP. When and where was this organization founded? Who founded it? What was its mission? How did it differ from other activist organizations of the time?

Essay Topic 2

Describe author David France's work with different AIDS activist groups in the 1980s. With what organizations was France involved? What role did he play in the organization(s)? How did France's involvement affect him?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the organization TAG. When and where was this group founded? Who was the founder of the organization? What was the organization's mission? What were its successes and failures?

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