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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 did Angela Davis decide at a young age?
(a) That she would stay in America and fight for race equality.
(b) That she would show white people that blacks were just as capable as them.
(c) That she would become a doctor, and provide for her family without getting into the race problems.
(d) That she would run away from America and its race tensions.

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

3. What kind of scholarship did Angela Davis get for college?
(a) Work-study funding.
(b) No scholarship.
(c) Partial scholarship.
(d) Full scholarship.

4. Why was Angela Davis nervous about leaving her location?
(a) She was not sure where to meet her contact.
(b) She was a wanted woman.
(c) She was uncertain about the trip she was making.
(d) She was not sure she would have enough money for her trip.

5. What was Angela Davis's feeling about Cuba when she was in Helsinki?
(a) She was critical of the direction the Cuban revolution was taking.
(b) She was invited to travel there herself.
(c) She was appalled by conditions in Cuba.
(d) She was impressed with the Cuban delegates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Angela Davis's neighborhood called Dynamite Hill?

2. What was the level of involvement in the Civil Rights movement in Angela Davis's high school?

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

4. How many other freshmen were Black in Angela Davis's college class?

5. Who were James McClain and William Christmas?

(see the answer key)

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