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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Flames.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What philosophy did Angela Davis write her dissertation on?
(a) Carmichael.
(b) Marcuse.
(c) Marx.
(d) Foucault.

2. How was Angela Davis received by the black movement in San Diego when she arrived there?
(a) Coolly.
(b) Warmly.
(c) Warily.
(d) Enthusiastically.

3. What was Angela Davis's family's class status?
(a) Outcast.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Poor.
(d) Middle-class.

4. Why didn't Angela Davis leave the country?
(a) She was afraid of being caught.
(b) She wanted to be close to the movement.
(c) She did not have a passport.
(d) She wanted to be close to her family.

5. Why were students protesting at the Sorbonne when Angela Davis was there in 1962?
(a) Nuclear proliferation.
(b) Communist expansion in Asia.
(c) The Algerian war.
(d) The Cuban Missile Crisis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state was the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee in when Martin Luther King was shot?

2. Why was Angela Davis arrested in Berlin?

3. Who was with Angela Davis when the book begins?

4. What subject was Angela Davis tending toward during her term abroad?

5. What was Angela Davis feeling when she was waiting to leave her location at the beginning of the book?

(see the answer key)

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