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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) Spartan.
(d) Comfortable.

2. What was Franklin Alexander's view of racism?
(a) That racism is against whites' interest a well.
(b) That racism is fundamentally cultural, not economic.
(c) That racism would persist as long as the history of slavery had not been atoned for.
(d) That racism makes a profit for whites.

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

4. What state was the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee in when Martin Luther King was shot?
(a) Successful in bringing splinter groups together.
(b) Confidently organizing protests nation-wide.
(c) Riven with internal conflicts.
(d) Underfunded, with bad morale.

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

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

7. What criterion did Angela Davis insist her lawyers agree on?
(a) That the trial was political.
(b) That the justice system was corrupt.
(c) That the trial be based on the facts of the case, not politics.
(d) That there was bias against blacks in the justice system.

8. How did the LA police try to incite conflict after Martin Luther King's assassination?
(a) They attacked the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee's printing equipment.
(b) They attacked a meeting of the Black Panthers.
(c) They attacked blacks in the streets.
(d) They attacked Angela Davis and other leaders in the press.

9. What kind of response to racism did Angela Davis believe would go nowhere?
(a) Peaceful responses.
(b) Emotional or angry responses.
(c) Diplomatic responses.
(d) Calculated, articulate responses.

10. Where was Angela Davis the representative for the Black Panthers?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) San Diego.

11. What did Franklin Alexander do after Gregory Clark's murder?
(a) Quiet the crowds calling for blood.
(b) Incite the crowds to call for blood.
(c) Convince the protesters to disperse.
(d) Organize the protests calling for a trial of the policeman.

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

13. What ultimately came of the demands that interrupted the trial?
(a) The police apprehended the person who made the demands.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Angela Davis was freed.
(d) Angela Davis flew to Oakland.

14. Who did Angela Davis get to handle pre-trial motions?
(a) Howard Moore.
(b) Bettina Aptheker.
(c) Al Brotsky.
(d) Ruchell Magee.

15. What did Angela Davis conclude from the LA police's methods in inciting conflict after the assassination of Martin Luther King?
(a) She realized that the government was more afraid of blacks' collective bargaining power than their civil rights.
(b) She saw the government sowing discord among the protesters with undercover cops spreading misinformation.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What criticism did the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee national representative make of Angela Davis's leadership of the LA chapter?

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

3. What did Angela Davis say about Jonathan Jackson in her opening statement?

4. Why was Angela Davis's legal team dissolved?

5. What concession did Angela Davis's lawyers win at the arraignment hearing?

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