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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization were Angela Davis's parents members of?

2. How did Angela Davis travel to high school?

3. What was the atmosphere in the Davis home after they moved when Angela Davis was four?

4. What kind of lessons did Angela Davis take as a child?

5. What were Franklin and Kendra Alexander charged with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Angela Davis's childhood experience of racism.

2. What was Angela Davis's experience in Paris?

3. Describe Angela Davis's travels in Germany.

4. What did Angela Davis attribute her current situation to?

5. Describe Angela Davis's trip to New York for school.

6. What was Angela Davis's relationship with America while she was in Europe?

7. What conclusions did Angela Davis reach as a result of her time in Helsinki?

8. What was Angela Davis's reaction to Malcolm X?

9. Why had Angela Davis lost her teaching position at the University of California?

10. How did Angela Davis communicate with her family during her flight from the police and then her imprisonment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Black discourse and use of dialect and non-standard English has established a wide range of possible voices for black thinkers, activists, and artists. Where did Angela Davis position herself in her autobiography? What audience did she want to reach by taking the stance she did?

Essay Topic 2

How have forms of political activism changed since the "war on terror" started after the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks in 2001? Would the Civil Rights movement have taken place differently today?

Essay Topic 3

What single person, or political figure, or formative experience had the biggest influence on Angela Davis's career and her political work?

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