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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 Angela Davis say about Jonathan Jackson in her opening statement?
(a) The difficult life he had had as a child.
(b) The difficulties he had because of his brother's imprisonment.
(c) The harmful effect George Jackson's imprisonment had on him.
(d) The legal costs he had borne because of his brother's imprisonment.

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

3. When did Angela Davis return to the U.S.?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1965.

4. Where was Gregory Clark when he was shot?
(a) Running into an alley.
(b) Standing in a vestibule to an apartment building.
(c) Handcuffed on the ground.
(d) Driving away from a nightclub.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Franklin Alexander's view of racism?

2. What did Ruchell Magee do when his petition for removal was denied?

3. What concession did Angela Davis's lawyers win at the arraignment hearing?

4. What was the first charge against Angela Davis?

5. What did Franklin Alexander do after Gregory Clark's murder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Angela Davis's legal defense team.

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

10. What act of terrorism seemed to involve Angela Davis during her trial?

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