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

2. What was Angela Davis impression of race relations in London?

3. What was the purpose of the two West Coast meetings of the Black Liberation Movement?

4. Where did Angela Davis go after being released on bail?

5. Who was included in the lunch that Angela Davis had when the jury retired?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the prosecution build its case against Angela Davis on?

2. Who was Gregory Clark, and what influence did he have on Angela Davis's life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Angela Davis's experience in London on her way back to America.

10. Describe Angela Davis's legal defense team.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Black discourse and use of dialect and non-standard English has established a wide range of possible voices for black thinkers, activists, and artists. Where did Angela Davis position herself in her autobiography? What audience did she want to reach by taking the stance she did?

Essay Topic 2

Angela Davis and her supporters helped each other not only when they were brought up on false charges, but they also broke the law in order to shelter each other and hide each other from the police. Is this an ethical stance to take--to defy the law--or were there other avenues that might have been effective? Were Davis and her supporters obligated to break the law or follow it?

Essay Topic 3

Research the rest of Davis's life after the period covered in the memoir. How was she consistent with her early self? Was she ever inconsistent with herself? How did she change and grow over the course of her life? How did she remain the same?

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