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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Walls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Angela Davis meet her friends in Europe before going to Helsinki?
(a) Glasgow.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) St. Petersburg.

2. What criterion did Angela Davis insist her lawyers agree on?
(a) That the justice system was corrupt.
(b) That there was bias against blacks in the justice system.
(c) That the trial was political.
(d) That the trial be based on the facts of the case, not politics.

3. What news did Bettina Aptheker bring Angela Davis?
(a) That the Defense Committee wanted to use her trial as a accusation of the system.
(b) That the Communist Party wanted to use her trial to stir up hostility against the system.
(c) That the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee wanted to make a documentary of her legal defense.
(d) That the Defense Committee wanted her to work on a book.

4. Why didn't Angela Davis join the communist movement at her college?
(a) She did not have time with her activities.
(b) She would have lost her funding.
(c) She was not sympathetic with the communists.
(d) She felt alienated.

5. What did Ruchell Magee do when his petition for removal was denied?
(a) Prepared a case for federal court.
(b) Separated his case from Angela Davis'.
(c) Pursued it.
(d) Worked with Angela Davis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Angela Davis's personality like in school?

2. What did Angela Davis major in after her trip to Helsinki?

3. What was Angela Davis's reason for traveling to Helsinki?

4. Where did Angela Davis do her graduate work?

5. What did Angela Davis do that technically violated her bail bond?

(see the answer key)

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