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

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

3. What news did Bettina Aptheker bring Angela Davis?
(a) That the Defense Committee wanted to use her trial as a accusation of the system.
(b) That the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee wanted to make a documentary of her legal defense.
(c) That the Communist Party wanted to use her trial to stir up hostility against the system.
(d) That the Defense Committee wanted her to work on a book.

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 legal team was just being formed.
(c) The charges were fabricated.
(d) The witnesses had obviously lied in their testimony.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Angela Davis impression of race relations in London?

2. How does Angela Davis explain the press's coverage of herself and her co-defendant?

3. What was the jury's verdict on the third charge against Angela Davis?

4. What caused Angela Davis to be moved to a new cell?

5. In what way did Angela Davis identify with the Black Power movement?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Angela Davis technically violate the terms of her bail bond?

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

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

4. Where did Angela Davis go after she was free on bail?

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

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

7. What did Angela Davis and her legal team learn about the Soledad Brothers during her trial?

8. Describe the conditions when Angela Davis arrived in the Santa Clara jail.

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

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

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