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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the door suddenly guarded by police when Angela Davis was having lunch while the jury was out?
(a) A juror had been attacked.
(b) The judge had freed Angela Davis.
(c) Someone had tried to escape from the prison.
(d) A plane had been hijacked in Seattle.

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

3. Where did Angela Davis first meet people from the Black Panther Political Party?
(a) At a cocktail party in Chicago.
(b) At a rally in Detroit.
(c) At a house party in San Diego.
(d) At a fundraiser in northern California.

4. Why did Angela Davis feel that blacks needed to avoid a conflict with police in Los Angeles?
(a) Because LA police were among the best equipped with riot gear.
(b) Because LA county had permissive laws regarding police brutality.
(c) Because LA police had a reputation for criminal brutality.
(d) Because the LA judges were traditionally biased against political protesters.

5. Why was Angela Davis's legal team dissolved?
(a) She had been released on bail.
(b) Charges against her had been dropped.
(c) The pre-trial work was complete.
(d) She had won a mistrial.

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

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

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

9. On what basis did Angela Davis's lawyers win this concession at her arraignment hearing?
(a) The legal team was just being formed.
(b) The charges were fabricated.
(c) The witnesses had obviously lied in their testimony.
(d) The trial would not be fair in that location.

10. How does Angela Davis explain the press's coverage of herself and her co-defendant?
(a) She thinks they are intent on building up their radicalism.
(b) She things they want to destroy any solidarity between them.
(c) She thinks they are trying to reduce them to hysterical women.
(d) She things they are trying to paint them as lunatics.

11. Where was Angela Davis booked into jail in California?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Marin County.

12. Why did Angela Davis's legal team request a change of venue?
(a) Because the judge had made racist comments.
(b) Because the judge was a friend of the murdered judge's.
(c) Because the judge had condemned Angela Davis' actions.
(d) Because the judge had promised a conviction.

13. In what way did Angela Davis identify with the Black Power movement?
(a) Her political views.
(b) Her hair style.
(c) Her style of clothing.
(d) Her philosophy.

14. What did Angela Davis conclude from the LA police's methods in inciting conflict after the assassination of Martin Luther King?
(a) She saw the government sowing discord among the protesters with undercover cops spreading misinformation.
(b) She realized that the government was more afraid of blacks' collective bargaining power than their civil rights.
(c) She thought that the government feared the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee's educational methods more than violence.
(d) She thought that the government was going straight for the leaders, to incite confusion and tension in the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee.

15. What did Angela Davis say about Jonathan Jackson in her opening statement?
(a) The harmful effect George Jackson's imprisonment had on him.
(b) The difficulties he had because of his brother's imprisonment.
(c) The difficult life he had had as a child.
(d) The legal costs he had borne because of his brother's imprisonment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Angela Davis learn while she was waiting to be transferred to the courthouse?

2. Who summoned Angela Davis to the courthouse on Sunday morning for the verdict?

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

4. How did the judges handle Angela Davis's case?

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

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