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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Marty Ginsburg die?
(a) April 19, 2010.
(b) May 1, 2010.
(c) June 27, 2010.
(d) July 18, 2010.

2. Where was Marty Ginsburg stationed after he graduated from college?
(a) Fort Rucker, Alabama.
(b) Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
(c) Fort Benning, Georgia.
(d) Fort Carson, Colorado.

3. In Chapter 4, what image was on stamps of early mailings from the ACLU Women's Rights Project?
(a) Playboy Bunny.
(b) Polar Bear.
(c) General Douglas MacArthur.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

4. When was the ACLU's Women's Rights Project established with Brenda Feigen and Ginsburg?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1972.

5. What nickname did Ginsburg older sister give her when Ginsburg was a child?
(a) Babykins.
(b) Kiki.
(c) Baba.
(d) Diddles.

6. When was abolitionist feminist Sarah Grimke invited to sit in the Chief Justice's seat?
(a) December 1853.
(b) November 1853.
(c) January 1854.
(d) February 1854.

7. What jewelry did Ginsburg wear when she appeared before the Supreme Court in Chapter 4?
(a) Her mother's pearls.
(b) Her aunt's earrings.
(c) Her mother's pin and earrings.
(d) Her grandmother's earrings.

8. In Chapter 4, how long did Ginsburg have to present her case?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

9. When did Ginsburg become pregnant with her second child?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1965.

10. How many years after Roe did the Supreme Court rule that public insurance did not have to pay for abortions?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

11. When did Stephen Wiesenfeld write a letter to the editor about Social Security inequality?
(a) September 3, 1972.
(b) November 27, 1972.
(c) October 11, 1972.
(d) December 18, 1972.

12. Where did Captain Susan Struck, an air force nurse, volunteer for duty?
(a) Iran.
(b) Korea.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Afghanistan.

13. When did Felix Frankfurter rule that allowing women to bartend would "give rise to moral and social problems" (53)?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1946.

14. When did the Supreme Court rule on Frontiero v. Richardson?
(a) June 23, 1973.
(b) May 14, 1973.
(c) March 3, 1973.
(d) April 11, 1973.

15. When was Marty Ginsburg diagnosed with cancer?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ginsburg begin teaching at Rutgers School of Law?

2. Where was a woman denied the right to administer her dead son's estate in Chapter 4?

3. Where did Brenda Feign graduate from law school?

4. When did the Johnson administration add sex discrimination to the list of sins that could cause a school to lose its federal funding?

5. How much did Ginsburg's mother save for her daughter's college education?

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