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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. When was AZT first developed?

2. Where was Alvin Friedman-Kien employed when Dr. Joyce Wallace contacted him regarding cases of Kaposi's sarcoma?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is AZT and who developed it?

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

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

7. Whose funeral is described in the Prologue? What were this individual's major contributions to the cause, as discussed in this chapter?

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

9. How are Dr. Sonnabend's finances described in early 1983?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the rivalry and conflicts between Dr. Robert Gallo and Dr. Luc Montagnier. Who discovered what in relation to AIDS? Who claimed credit for the discovery? Was this credit valid?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the life and career of Larry Kramer. What was Kramer's profession? How did Kramer become involved in AIDS activism? What achievements did Kramer attain as an activist?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the career and work of Dr. Alvin Friedman-Kien. What is Friedman-Kien's specialization? How did he first encounter patients who had what would be known as AIDS? What treatments did he attempt on these patients?

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