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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was the ACLU's Women's Rights Project established with Brenda Feigen and Ginsburg?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1971.
2. Where did Brenda Feign graduate from law school?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Yale.
3. Where did Ginsburg grow up?
(a) Maine.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Connecticut.
4. Who was the first full-time employee of the ACLU Women's Rights Project (WRP)?
(a) Susan Deller Ross.
(b) Deb Ellis.
(c) Kathleen Peratis.
(d) Brenda Feigen.
5. In Chapter 1, what was the date?
(a) June 4, 2013.
(b) June 19, 2013.
(c) June 25, 2013.
(d) June 30, 2013.
6. In 1978, what percent of students enrolled at Harvard Law school were women?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 45.
7. In 2010, how many years did Ginsburg say that she devoted her life to litigating cases about the equal citizenship stature of men and women?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.
8. In Chapter 4 after Ginsburg spoke before the Supreme Court, how long would you have to wait to find out if they had been listening?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 3 months.
9. When did Ginsburg help draft the Pregnancy Discrimination Act?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1976.
10. In Chapter 4, how long did Ginsburg have to present her case?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.
11. When did Gwendolyn Hoyt challenge the all-male jury that convicted her of murder?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1962.
12. Who took a painting of Ginsburg, added a crown, and the words "Can't spell truth without Ruth" (6) in Chapter 1?
(a) Frank Chi.
(b) Aminatou Sow.
(c) Simmie Knox.
(d) Jean-Michel Basquiat.
13. When Ginsburg became a professor at Columbia, how many years had the school been in existence?
(a) 146.
(b) 138.
(c) 123.
(d) 114.
14. In Chapter 3, how many library books would Ginsburg check out weekly when her mother dropped her off at the library and went to get her hair cut?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.
15. In Chapter 1, what was the temperature?
(a) 95 degrees.
(b) 90 degrees.
(c) 97 degrees.
(d) 92 degrees.
Short Answer Questions
1. What nickname did Ginsburg older sister give her when Ginsburg was a child?
2. What instrument did Gingsburg play in high school?
3. How many times did Ginsburg fail her driving test before passing?
4. How much was Charles E. Moritz denied to be able to deduct on his taxes for hiring a caregiver for his mother?
5. When did Ginsburg become pregnant with her second child?
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