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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. Above what park did Larry Kramer have a one-bedroom apartment in 1987, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 1?
2. What does OAR stand for?
3. Who did President Bush open up a prime-time spot for a program about during the 1992 presidential elections?
4. 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?
5. Who was the New York health commissioner whose office was taken over by protesters who demanded his resignation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened with the Merck trial that Bill Bahlman participated in, as described in Part 4, Chapter 3?
2. What changed the front of the AIDS epidemice in 1996?
3. How does the author describe the emotional toll of the AIDS epidemic in the Epilogue?
4. What is CD8?
5. Who is Andy Humm and what are his contributions to the cause?
6. What is The Celluloid Closet about and when was it produced?
7. What did Bob Rafsky do when he attended the campaign event for Clinton that is described in Part 4, Chapter 3?
8. Who is Mark Harrington?
9. Who is Bob Rafsky?
10. How had the budget and circumstances of GMHC changed by 1987?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the career and work of Dr. Joseph Sonnebend. Where is Sonnabend from? How did he first learn about the disease that would be called AIDS? What prompted him to research the virus?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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