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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Angela Davis and her friends show support for the organization her parents belonged to?
(a) By giving money to the poor.
(b) By refusing to go to the back of the bus.
(c) By studying hard and getting good grades.
(d) By eating in white-only restaurants.

2. Why was Angela Davis's legal team dissolved?
(a) Charges against her had been dropped.
(b) She had won a mistrial.
(c) She had been released on bail.
(d) The pre-trial work was complete.

3. Why was Angela Davis arrested in Berlin?
(a) She had contraband from the East.
(b) She had lived with agitators in the East.
(c) She had become a member of the Communist Party in East Berlin.
(d) She had not gotten clearance when she moved.

4. What did Angela Davis major in after her trip to Helsinki?
(a) English literature.
(b) Sociology.
(c) French.
(d) Political thought.

5. What was attractive about Fisk University?
(a) It would let Angela Davis escape from the race tensions.
(b) It was fully-funded.
(c) It had a pediatrics program.
(d) It was closer to home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Gus Hall?

2. Whom did the press compare Angela Davis to in coverage of the trial?

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

4. What did Angela Davis base her defense on, in part?

5. Where did Angela Davis go to college?

(see the answer key)

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