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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. Who was Gus Hall?
(a) A new leader of the LA Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
(b) A fundraiser who helped post Angela Davis' bond.
(c) A fellow comrade who had been imprisoned.
(d) The new judge for Angela Davis's case.

2. Who was included in the lunch that Angela Davis had when the jury retired?
(a) An activist from Birmingham.
(b) A lawyer from Liberia.
(c) A writer from New York.
(d) A journalist from Germany.

3. Why did Howard Moore leave the pre-trial motions to other lawyers?
(a) He had to make concessions to the local legal team.
(b) He had been de-barred in California.
(c) The defense team could not raise enough money for his fee.
(d) He was committed to a case in Atlanta.

4. What was Angela Davis impression of race relations in London?
(a) She though it was counterproductive for blacks to see whites as their enemy.
(b) She thought it was reasonable for blacks to petition whites for redress of historical grievances.
(c) She thought that justice would only come from violent means.
(d) She thought it was unfair that blacks should still be treated so poorly in affluent nations.

5. What did the judge order at Angela Davis's arraignment hearing?
(a) That Angela Davis be held without bail.
(b) A dismissal.
(c) Excessively high bail.
(d) A gag order.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who summoned Angela Davis to the courthouse on Sunday morning for the verdict?

2. Whose hands was Angela Davis holding when the verdict was read?

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

4. How long had Angela Davis been imprisoned when she was finally released on bail?

5. Where was Angela Davis moved to when her legal team requested a change of venue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were Angela Davis's feelings about the Black Power group and other black movements in England?

4. Describe Angela Davis's legal defense team.

5. Describe Angela Davis's experience in London on her way back to America.

6. What act of terrorism seemed to involve Angela Davis during her trial?

7. Describe the genesis of the book Angela Davis wrote from prison.

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

9. Describe the conditions when Angela Davis arrived in the Santa Clara jail.

10. What political activity did Angela Davis get involved in almost as soon as she returned to the U.S.?

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