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

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

3. What was Angela Davis supposed to have with her, according to the demands that interrupted her trial?
(a) $500,000 and five parachutes.
(b) Printing materials and a papers from her legal defense.
(c) Other political prisoners.
(d) $102,500 and the Soledad Brothers.

4. Where did Angela Davis want to be tried?
(a) In Los Angeles.
(b) In federal court.
(c) In State court.
(d) In New York.

5. Why did Howard Moore leave the pre-trial motions to other lawyers?
(a) The defense team could not raise enough money for his fee.
(b) He had to make concessions to the local legal team.
(c) He was committed to a case in Atlanta.
(d) He had been de-barred in California.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Angela Davis say about Jonathan Jackson in her opening statement?

4. What did Angela Davis learn on March 27 when the jury recessed for lunch?

5. What did Angela Davis use her initiation into the Black Panthers to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the lunch Angela Davis had while the jury was deliberating.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Angela Davis's legal defense team.

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

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

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