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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. How would you characterize the relationship between the different organizations in the black movement?

2. How was Angela Davis received by the black movement in San Diego when she arrived there?

3. What news did Bettina Aptheker bring Angela Davis?

4. How long had Angela Davis been imprisoned when she was finally released on bail?

5. When did Angela Davis return to the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Franklin Alexander's position on black liberation?

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

3. What did Angela Davis say in her opening statement to the jury?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Write a review of the book. What are the book's strengths and weaknesses? What were its goals and methods? Did it achieve them?

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