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

2. What was the jury's verdict on the third charge against Angela Davis?
(a) Not guilty.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Guilty with prejudice.
(d) The count was thrown out.

3. What did Angela Davis use her initiation into the Black Panthers to do?
(a) Think about how to oppose the Vietnam War.
(b) Think about whether to join the Communist Party.
(c) Think about how to unify black movement organizations.
(d) Think about how to found a political collective.

4. What were the Soledad Brothers accused of?
(a) Harboring the Black Panthers.
(b) Attacking the Marin County Courthouse.
(c) Murdering a prison guard.
(d) Killing three inmates.

5. What criticism did the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee national representative make of Angela Davis's leadership of the LA chapter?
(a) He said they should work on educating people with basic subjects, not advanced theory.
(b) He said they should be providing food and necessaries to poor people.
(c) He said they should provide job skills, not Marxist indoctrination.
(d) He said they should be teaching people the history of black people's conflict with whites.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened when the truth of the demands that interrupted the trial became known?

3. What did Angela Davis say about Jonathan Jackson in her opening statement?

4. Who did Angela Davis get to handle pre-trial motions?

5. What was the purpose of the two West Coast meetings of the Black Liberation Movement?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Angela Davis's relationship with her co-defendant, Ruchell Magee?

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

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

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

7. What happened that allowed Angela Davis to be set free on bail?

8. What did Angela Davis and her legal team learn about the Soledad Brothers during her trial?

9. What strategy did the police take in opposing the black liberation movements?

10. Who was Gregory Clark, and what influence did he have on Angela Davis's life?

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