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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. Where was Angela Davis sent right before Christmas 1970?

2. Describe Angela Davis's freshman year.

3. What kind of scholarship did Angela Davis get for college?

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

5. What organization did most of Angela Davis's friends in Germany belong to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Angela Davis's travels in Germany.

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

3. What movement had Angela Davis been involved in when she went into hiding from the police?

4. What was Angela Davis's reaction to Malcolm X?

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

6. Describe Angela Davis's trip to New York for school.

7. Where was Angela Davis at the beginning of the book, and where was she going?

8. Describe Angela Davis's experience at the Helsinki festival.

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

10. With whom did Angela Davis hide while she was running from the police?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was it useful for Angela Davis to see society itself as the culprit in the death of Gregory Clark or others? Or did it diffuse her political activities?

Essay Topic 2

Why had Angela Davis studied in Europe, and why did she ultimately return to the U.S.? What factors influenced her decision to keep herself apart from political events in the U.S., and what made it possible for her to come home and participate in them?

Essay Topic 3

After the Eighth World Festival for Youth and Students, Angela Davis had a vision of universal personhood: she saw the differences between people as smaller than their similarities. How much did her career and experiences bear out her vision of unity that transcended race, class, gender, or other distinguishing characteristics?

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