5. What new experimental therapy had Montagnier recently discovered in 1985 with his colleague Jean-Claude Chermann to have potential to curb reverse transcription?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Burroughs Wellcome and why is it significant?

3. What is GMHC and how was it founded?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Peter Staley's role in the AIDS movement. What was Staley's profession? What led him to abandon that profession? How did Staley benefit activist groups through his participation?

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

Describe and discuss the AIDS Medical Foundation (amfAR). When and where was it established? By whom? What was its mission?

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