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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Angela Davis's status as a leader in the Black movement?
(a) She was considered too ambitious.
(b) She was criticized.
(c) She was considered too young by many.
(d) She was appreciated.

2. How did the LA police try to incite conflict after Martin Luther King's assassination?
(a) They attacked the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee's printing equipment.
(b) They attacked blacks in the streets.
(c) They attacked Angela Davis and other leaders in the press.
(d) They attacked a meeting of the Black Panthers.

3. What did Angela Davis say in her opening statement?
(a) That George Jackson had brought her to the movement.
(b) That George Jackson had been her lover.
(c) That she was not involved with George Jackson.
(d) That she joined the movement after she met George Jackson.

4. What happened when the truth of the demands that interrupted the trial became known?
(a) The trial was declared a mistrial.
(b) Angela Davis was freed.
(c) The jury gave its verdict.
(d) Angela Davis returned to waiting for the verdict.

5. What was the second charge against Angela Davis?
(a) Harboring criminals.
(b) Conspiracy.
(c) Kidnapping.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Angela Davis believe that Blacks did not trust Marxism?

2. When witnesses were called at Angela Davis' trial, what had they witnessed?

3. Whose lectures did Angela Davis stop in London for when she was traveling back to the U.S.?

4. Where was Angela Davis supposed to meet the people making the demands that disturbed the trial?

5. What was the jury's verdict on the first charge against Angela Davis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the prosecution build its case against Angela Davis on?

2. Describe the lunch Angela Davis had while the jury was deliberating.

3. What was Franklin Alexander's position on black liberation?

4. How did Angela Davis technically violate the terms of her bail bond?

5. What was the mood among Davis's legal team when the verdicts were read?

6. What did Angela Davis say in her opening statement to the jury?

7. What caused the change in venue for Angela Davis's trial?

8. What was Angela Davis's philosophy for winning race equality?

9. What event made Angela Davis and her legal team consider filing for a relocation?

10. What was Angela Davis's relationship with the Communist Party?

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