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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many votes are needed from justices to change the law?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.
2. When was Sonia Sotomayor nominated to the Supreme Court?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2009.
3. In Chapter 8, where did a boss tell Lilly Ledbetter to meet him if she wanted to improve her work recommendation?
(a) Motel 6.
(b) Embassy Suites.
(c) Ramada Inn.
(d) Holiday Inn.
4. What did Ginsburg and Scalia share a love for?
(a) Country music.
(b) Chartres.
(c) Opera.
(d) Beethoven.
5. Who received an honorary degree at Harvard at the same time that Ginsburg received an honorary degree from the institution?
(a) Placido Domingo.
(b) Jonas Kaufmann.
(c) Piotr Beczala.
(d) Rolando Villazon.
6. What cancer did O'Connor survive?
(a) Throat.
(b) Breast.
(c) Lung.
(d) Colon.
7. When was Sotomayer nominated to the Supreme Court?
(a) March 9, 2009.
(b) May 26, 2009.
(c) April 11, 2009.
(d) June 21, 2009.
8. When was the case Bush v. Gore before the Supreme Court?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2001.
9. In Chapter 5, when was Ginsburg's image as a moderate set?
(a) June 1993.
(b) April 1993.
(c) May 1993.
(d) March 1993.
10. When did Ginsburg go white-water rafting in Coloardo?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1994.
11. When did justices override elected officials to strike down a major portion of a law that helped people have access to the ballot in Shelby County v. Holder?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2012.
12. How much did Gerald Gunther, Ginsburg's Columbia Law professor, bet that Ginsburg would be known as open-minded not as a radical in Chapter 5?
(a) $10.
(b) $5.
(c) $20.
(d) $1.
13. In Chapter 6, for how many years did Ginsburg spend as the major caretaker of her home and her child while Marty worked to become a partner in a New York law firm?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.
14. In Chapter 6, what cookbook did Marty begin working through in Oklahoma?
(a) Joy of Cooking.
(b) Julia Child.
(c) Fannie Farmer.
(d) Escoffier.
15. What did Ginsburg say was her favorite artist in Chapter 9?
(a) Josef Alberts.
(b) Ben Cunningham.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Max Weber.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 8, when did Alito write that Ledbetter should have filed a charge of discrimination after each allegedly discriminatory employment decision was made?
2. When did Marty begin teaching tax law at Columbia Law School?
3. When did Ginsburg and Scalia take a trip to India?
4. Who was Ginsburg's personal trainer?
5. In Chapter 5, since what president has it been possible for a woman to be on the Supreme Court?
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