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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Angela Davis's current situation begin?
(a) In Greenwich Village, NY.
(b) At the O'Hare Airport in Chicago.
(c) At a cocktail fundraiser for the SNCC of the Communist Party.
(d) At a house in West Adams, CA.

2. How did the judges handle Angela Davis's case?
(a) They helped the prosecution in every way they could, to avenge the murdered judge.
(b) They recused themselves because they knew the murdered judge.
(c) They banded together in solidarity with the murdered judge.
(d) They forced the trial to be moved because it could not be fair when there was so much public outcry about it.

3. What subject was Angela Davis tending toward during her term abroad?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Politics.
(c) English.
(d) French.

4. Why had Angela Davis lost her teaching position?
(a) Because of her radical opinions.
(b) Because she was wanted by the police.
(c) Because of her Communist Party membership.
(d) Because of her association with Franklin and Kendra Alexander.

5. What kind of lessons did Angela Davis take as a child?
(a) Trombone and saxophone.
(b) Ballet and piano.
(c) Violin and voice.
(d) Debate and rhetoric.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Angela Davis treat her trial?

2. Where was Angela Davis the representative for the Black Panthers?

3. Whose family did Angela Davis spend time with in New York as a child?

4. Whom did Angela Davis try to free from the police?

5. Why didn't Angela Davis join the communist movement at her college?

(see the answer key)

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