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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Angela Davis spend her time in London with?
(a) Herbert Marcuse.
(b) The Black Power group.
(c) Friends.
(d) Malcolm X.

2. What conclusion did Angela Davis draw after her trip to Helsinki?
(a) Each nation or group has to fight its own battles.
(b) Social solidarity can be as oppressive as racism.
(c) Solidarity is more effective in bringing about change than individuality.
(d) People are divided by superficial barriers.

3. Who owned and operated Angela Davis's high school?
(a) The state of Alabama.
(b) The state of New York.
(c) The parents.
(d) The teachers.

4. Where did Angela Davis do her graduate work?
(a) Paris.
(b) Munich.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis at Angela Davis's college?

3. How would you characterize the relationship between the different organizations in the black movement?

4. Where had Angela Davis been teaching before the time the book began?

5. What was attractive about Fisk University?

(see the answer key)

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