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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Angela Davis moved to when her legal team requested a change of venue?
(a) Santa Clara County.
(b) Los Angeles County.
(c) San Diego County.
(d) Santa Cruz County.

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

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

5. What did Stokely Carmichael say to disappoint Angela Davis at the Los Angeles rally?
(a) That blacks should resort to non-violent forms of protest.
(b) That violence was going to be necessary in the Civil Rights Movement.
(c) That blacks would never assimilate with whites in America.
(d) That Marx was irrelevant to the Black Liberation Movement.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What criterion did Angela Davis insist her lawyers agree on?

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

4. Why did Angela Davis feel that blacks needed to avoid a conflict with police in Los Angeles?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the judge read from at the close of Angela Davis's trial?

2. What was the relationship between different black liberation organizations when Angela Davis returned to California?

3. What were Angela Davis's feelings about the Black Power group and other black movements in England?

4. What was the mood among Davis's legal team when the verdicts were read?

5. What did Angela Davis say in her opening statement to the jury?

6. Describe Angela Davis's legal defense team.

7. What were the three charges against Angela Davis, and what were the three verdicts?

8. Whose hands was Angela Davis holding when the verdicts were read?

9. What role did Angela Davis play in the Black Panthers Political Party?

10. What caused the change in venue for Angela Davis's trial?

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