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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Walls.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What excited Angela Davis during her freshman year at college?
(a) The prospect of traveling to Europe.
(b) James Baldwin's lectures.
(c) Demonstrations in France.
(d) Herbert Marcuse's classes.
2. Why did Angela Davis choose the major she chose?
(a) Because studying other cultures brings understanding at home.
(b) Because literature fosters compassion and understanding.
(c) Because language is an easy barrier to remove.
(d) Because politics is the study of power.
3. What criticism did the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee national representative make of Angela Davis's leadership of the LA chapter?
(a) He said they should work on educating people with basic subjects, not advanced theory.
(b) He said they should be teaching people the history of black people's conflict with whites.
(c) He said they should be providing food and necessaries to poor people.
(d) He said they should provide job skills, not Marxist indoctrination.
4. Whom did the press compare Angela Davis to in coverage of the trial?
(a) Bettina Aptheker.
(b) Sheldon Otis.
(c) Ruchell Magee.
(d) Franklin Alexander.
5. What did Richard Arnason do for Angela Davis?
(a) Eased some restraints on her imprisonment.
(b) Set bail.
(c) Returned her to solitary confinement.
(d) Prevented her from writing about her trial.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the atmosphere in the Davis home after they moved when Angela Davis was four?
2. What was the purpose of the two West Coast meetings of the Black Liberation Movement?
3. What did Angela Davis conclude from the LA police's methods in inciting conflict after the assassination of Martin Luther King?
4. Whose lectures did Angela Davis stop in London for when she was traveling back to the U.S.?
5. Where did Angela Davis meet her friends in Europe before going to Helsinki?
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