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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 was included in the lunch that Angela Davis had when the jury retired?
(a) A lawyer from Liberia.
(b) A journalist from Germany.
(c) An activist from Birmingham.
(d) A writer from New York.

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

3. How was Angela Davis received by the black movement in San Diego when she arrived there?
(a) Enthusiastically.
(b) Coolly.
(c) Warmly.
(d) Warily.

4. Whose hands was Angela Davis holding when the verdict was read?
(a) Kendra Alexander and Margaret Burnham.
(b) Charlene Mitchell.
(c) Tamu Ushindi.
(d) Carolyn Craven.

5. Why was there a large crowd outside the courthouse on the second day of Angela Davis's trial?
(a) One of the jurors had been threatened.
(b) Someone had come with a gun to the trial.
(c) There had been an escape attempt at the men's prison.
(d) Someone had threatened the judge's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Angela Davis the representative for the Black Panthers?

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

3. What did the judge order at Angela Davis's arraignment hearing?

4. What part of her trial was Angela Davis involved in?

5. Why was the door suddenly guarded by police when Angela Davis was having lunch while the jury was out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Angela Davis say in her opening statement to the jury?

7. What strategy did the police take in opposing the black liberation movements?

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

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

10. What role did Angela Davis play in the Black Panthers Political Party?

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