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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 status did Angela Davis obtain in order to get out of solitary confinement?

2. Where was Angela Davis the representative for the Black Panthers?

3. Who approached Angela Davis as soon as she entered the conference in London?

4. What did the judge order at Angela Davis's arraignment hearing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Angela Davis's legal defense team.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What political activity did Angela Davis get involved in almost as soon as she returned to the U.S.?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the primary reasons for resistance to the Civil Rights movement in America? Who were the primary parties resisting the integration of blacks into equal treatment in society? What were these people's fears, and what did they stand to lose by integration?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways was the Civil Rights movement an American movement, in keeping with the ideals of the founders who fought for freedom? In what ways was their situation unique in American history? What precedents did it have to fight against? What precedents did it establish?

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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