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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Angela Davis's jail conditions like after she was first moved to her new jail?
(a) Luxurious.
(b) Deplorable.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Spartan.

2. Whose lectures did Angela Davis stop in London for when she was traveling back to the U.S.?
(a) Martin Luther King.
(b) Stokely Carmichael.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Jean-Paul Sartre.

3. Where did Ruchell Magee want to be tried?
(a) In Marin County Court.
(b) In Los Angeles.
(c) In Sacramento.
(d) In federal court.

4. Where was Angela Davis supposed to meet the people making the demands that disturbed the trial?
(a) At the airport in San Francisco.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) In front of the courthouse.

5. Why was there a large crowd outside the courthouse on the second day of Angela Davis's trial?
(a) There had been an escape attempt at the men's prison.
(b) One of the jurors had been threatened.
(c) Someone had come with a gun to the trial.
(d) Someone had threatened the judge's life.

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

7. What was the jury's verdict on the first charge against Angela Davis?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Guilty with prejudice.
(c) Not guilty.
(d) The count was thrown out.

8. What was the relationship between the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee and the Communist Party?
(a) They competed for members, but forced their members to choose between parties.
(b) The SNCC did not want to be associated with Communists.
(c) They worked together on political project, but the Communists worked alone in economic cases.
(d) The two parties worked together.

9. What options did Angela Davis's legal team have after the second day of the trial?
(a) Ask the judge to recuse himself or file for a mistrial.
(b) Apply for a mistrial or choose another jury.
(c) Petition for relocation or enter a plea bargain.
(d) Enter a plea bargain or hope for less than one conviction.

10. What was the second charge against Angela Davis?
(a) Conspiracy.
(b) Harboring criminals.
(c) Murder.
(d) Kidnapping.

11. What did Angela Davis say in her opening statement?
(a) That George Jackson had been her lover.
(b) That George Jackson had brought her to the movement.
(c) That she joined the movement after she met George Jackson.
(d) That she was not involved with George Jackson.

12. What did Ruchell Magee do when his petition for removal was denied?
(a) Prepared a case for federal court.
(b) Separated his case from Angela Davis'.
(c) Pursued it.
(d) Worked with Angela Davis.

13. How long was Angela Davis asked to remain in the court after she returned from lunch while the jury was out?
(a) Until the juror's attacker could be found.
(b) Until the bomb threat could be resolved.
(c) Until the judge felt better.
(d) Until the hijacking situation was resolved.

14. Where did Angela Davis want to be tried?
(a) In New York.
(b) In State court.
(c) In federal court.
(d) In Los Angeles.

15. What status did Angela Davis obtain in order to get out of solitary confinement?
(a) Legal assistant.
(b) Mental patient.
(c) Member of her own legal team.
(d) Legal investigator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of response to racism did Angela Davis believe would go nowhere?

2. What did Angela Davis conclude from the LA police's methods in inciting conflict after the assassination of Martin Luther King?

3. Whose hands was Angela Davis holding when the verdict was read?

4. When witnesses were called at Angela Davis' trial, what had they witnessed?

5. What did Richard Arnason do for Angela Davis?

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