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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. Who did Angela Davis spend her time in London with?

2. Where did Ruchell Magee want to be tried?

3. Who summoned Angela Davis to the courthouse on Sunday morning for the verdict?

4. Why did Angela Davis's legal team request a change of venue?

5. What caused Angela Davis to be moved to a new cell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Angela Davis's philosophy on handling her defense in court?

4. What was Angela Davis's relationship with the Communist Party?

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

6. Describe Angela Davis's legal defense team.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was Angela Davis's life evidence of the dictum her teachers told her in school, that if you work hard you will get ahead?

Essay Topic 2

Where was Angela Davis most effective as a political leader and activist? Where were her actions or decisions least effective?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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