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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6 when Marty was working to establish himself at his law firm and Ginsburg was woking, at what time did they agree to try to be home for dinner?
(a) 7 p.m.
(b) 7:30 p.m.
(c) 6:30 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

2. When did the Ginsburgs take a vacation to the Virgin Islands?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1982.

3. When did Marty die?
(a) April 30, 2010.
(b) June 27, 2010.
(c) July 18, 2010.
(d) May 3, 2010.

4. During the 2006-2007 term, how many dissents did Ginsburg read?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. What was Ginsburg's favorite snack in Chapter 6?
(a) Prunes.
(b) Lemon cookies.
(c) Clementines.
(d) Shortbread cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of class did O'Connor have in Chapter 9 that she basically required her female clerks to attend?

2. 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?

3. When was the case Bush v. Gore before the Supreme Court?

4. When was Sotomayer nominated to the Supreme Court?

5. When did Ginsburg go white-water rafting in Coloardo?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way were the marriages of the Ginsburgs and the Wiesenfelds alternative?

2. In 1992, how was overturning Roe v. Wade avoided?

3. What was Bryant Johnson's background?

4. What did a 1967 graduate of VMI write to Ginsburg after the case United States v. Virginia?

5. Who wrote that Ginsburg was frail, and how did Marty respond to the journalist?

6. What did a justice say about the case of 13-year-old Arizona student Savana Redding?

7. What was Marty's role in getting Ginsburg nominated as an associate justice for the Supreme Court?

8. What was life like in New York when Mary was working to establish himself at his law firm?

9. What colleagues did Ginsburg lose in 2005 and why?

10. Why did Ginsburg believe in 1993 that technology would end the rest of the conflict over abortion, and why did technology not end the conflict?

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