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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 kind of response to racism did Angela Davis believe would go nowhere?

2. What was the jury's verdict on the third charge against Angela Davis?

3. What did Angela Davis suspect about newspaper accounts of the second day of her trial?

4. What emergency caused Angela Davis's lawyer to have to leave the prison suddenly?

5. What options did Angela Davis's legal team have after the second day of the trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened that allowed Angela Davis to be set free on bail?

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

6. What role did Angela Davis play in the Black Panthers Political Party?

7. How did Angela Davis technically violate the terms of her bail bond?

8. How did Angela Davis's lawyers arrange to get Davis out of solitary confinement?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why had Angela Davis studied in Europe, and why did she ultimately return to the U.S.? What factors influenced her decision to keep herself apart from political events in the U.S., and what made it possible for her to come home and participate in them?

Essay Topic 2

How were black American Communists different from other Communists around the world? How were their goals similar? How were they opposed? How was the Civil Rights movement irreconcilable with the Communists' goals?

Essay Topic 3

After the Eighth World Festival for Youth and Students, Angela Davis had a vision of universal personhood: she saw the differences between people as smaller than their similarities. How much did her career and experiences bear out her vision of unity that transcended race, class, gender, or other distinguishing characteristics?

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