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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Flames.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were students protesting at the Sorbonne when Angela Davis was there in 1962?
(a) Nuclear proliferation.
(b) The Cuban Missile Crisis.
(c) The Algerian war.
(d) Communist expansion in Asia.

2. Why did Angela Davis feel that blacks needed to avoid a conflict with police in Los Angeles?
(a) Because the LA judges were traditionally biased against political protesters.
(b) Because LA police had a reputation for criminal brutality.
(c) Because LA police were among the best equipped with riot gear.
(d) Because LA county had permissive laws regarding police brutality.

3. Where did Angela Davis go from Chicago?
(a) Canada.
(b) New York and then Miami.
(c) Las Vegas and then Los Angeles.
(d) Alabama.

4. What was Franklin Alexander's view of racism?
(a) That racism makes a profit for whites.
(b) That racism would persist as long as the history of slavery had not been atoned for.
(c) That racism is against whites' interest a well.
(d) That racism is fundamentally cultural, not economic.

5. Where had Angela Davis been teaching before the time the book began?
(a) University of Chicago.
(b) San Francisco State College.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) University of California.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Angela Davis's mother's occupation?

2. What excited Angela Davis during her freshman year at college?

3. How old was Angela Davis when the Civil Rights movement began?

4. What did Angela Davis say she researched in the library during high school?

5. What did Angela Davis do with the money she stole as a child?

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