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

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

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

4. How long had Angela Davis been imprisoned when she was finally released on bail?
(a) 16 months.
(b) 12 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 2 years.

5. In her opening statement, what did Angela Davis say motivated her action?
(a) Desire to end repression.
(b) Desire to establish race equality.
(c) Desire to abolish the prison system.
(d) Desire for George Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Angela Davis first meet people from the Black Panther Political Party?

2. How long was Angela Davis asked to remain in the court after she returned from lunch while the jury was out?

3. What was the relationship between the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee and the Communist Party?

4. What status did Angela Davis obtain in order to get out of solitary confinement?

5. Why did Angela Davis's legal team request a change of venue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Angela Davis's lawyers arrange to get Davis out of solitary confinement?

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

4. What was Angela Davis's philosophy for winning race equality?

5. What happened that allowed Angela Davis to be set free on bail?

6. Describe Angela Davis's legal defense team.

7. What was Franklin Alexander's position on black liberation?

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

9. What event made Angela Davis and her legal team consider filing for a relocation?

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

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