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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 return to the U.S.?

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

3. What did Ruchell Magee do when his petition for removal was denied?

4. What was the relationship between the Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee and the Communist Party?

5. How did Angela Davis treat her trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where did Angela Davis go after she was free on bail?

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

10. What strategy did the police take in opposing the black liberation movements?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Did Angela Davis's education and her "not-so-poor" upbringing make her an exception among black women, separating her from the majority of blacks, or did her background make her an exemplar for blacks and a leader who represented the others?

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