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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) Incite the crowds to call for blood.
(b) Quiet the crowds calling for blood.
(c) Organize the protests calling for a trial of the policeman.
(d) Convince the protesters to disperse.

2. What happened when the truth of the demands that interrupted the trial became known?
(a) The jury gave its verdict.
(b) Angela Davis returned to waiting for the verdict.
(c) Angela Davis was freed.
(d) The trial was declared a mistrial.

3. Who approached Angela Davis as soon as she entered the conference in London?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Cuban students.
(c) The Black Panthers.
(d) The Black Power group.

4. What did the People's Tribunal Committee do after the murder of Gregory Clark?
(a) Arrange round-the-clock demonstrations in front of the police station.
(b) Assassinate the policeman who had killed him.
(c) Try the policeman in a mock trial.
(d) Break into the police station to avenge the murder.

5. What was Angela Davis supposed to be wearing when she met the people making the demands that disturbed the trial?
(a) A black scarf.
(b) A black hair wrap.
(c) A white dress.
(d) A black dress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Angela Davis believe that Blacks did not trust Marxism?

3. What demands were conveyed to Angela Davis and the court?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Angela Davis's relationship with her co-defendant, Ruchell Magee?

4. What was Angela Davis's relationship with the Communist Party?

5. Describe Angela Davis's legal defense team.

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

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

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

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

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

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