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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Angela Davis and her companion plan to leave their location?

2. What did Angela Davis say she researched in the library during high school?

3. Who owned and operated Angela Davis's high school?

4. What was the consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis at Angela Davis's college?

5. What conclusion did Angela Davis draw after her trip to Helsinki?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Angela Davis's family's status when she was a child, and her did her status affect her?

2. How did Angela Davis communicate with her family during her flight from the police and then her imprisonment?

3. What was it like for Angela Davis during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

4. What was Angela Davis's relationship with America while she was in Europe?

5. What was Angela Davis's experience in Paris?

6. What was Angela Davis's experience of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement?

7. Describe the conditions of Angela Davis's arrest.

8. What was Angela Davis's personality like when she was young?

9. Why was Angela Davis in hiding at the beginning of the book?

10. Where was Angela Davis kept when she was in prison, and when was she moved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How have forms of political activism changed since the "war on terror" started after the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks in 2001? Would the Civil Rights movement have taken place differently today?

Essay Topic 2

What was the role of education in Davis's political philosophy, and how did her approach to education change over the course of her career? If it did not change much, what original influences did it remain true to?

Essay Topic 3

How were black American Communists different from other Communists around the world? How were their goals similar? How were they opposed? How was the Civil Rights movement irreconcilable with the Communists' goals?

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