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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. Who did Angela Davis spend her time in London with?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) The Black Power group.
(c) Friends.
(d) Herbert Marcuse.

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

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

4. 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 thinks they are trying to reduce them to hysterical women.
(c) She things they want to destroy any solidarity between them.
(d) She things they are trying to paint them as lunatics.

5. What was Angela Davis's relationship with Rap Brown?
(a) She served with him in the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
(b) They worked together in the Black Panthers.
(c) She raised funds for his bail.
(d) She was arrested with him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were Angela Davis's jail conditions like after she was first moved to her new jail?

3. Why did Howard Moore leave the pre-trial motions to other lawyers?

4. What was the purpose of the two West Coast meetings of the Black Liberation Movement?

5. Why was there a large crowd outside the courthouse on the second day of Angela Davis's trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Angela Davis's experience in London on her way back to America.

4. What political activity did Angela Davis get involved in almost as soon as she returned to the U.S.?

5. Who was Gregory Clark, and what influence did he have on Angela Davis's life?

6. What did the prosecution build its case against Angela Davis on?

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

8. Describe the genesis of the book Angela Davis wrote from prison.

9. What was Angela Davis's philosophy on handling her defense in court?

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

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