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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. When was Sotomayer nominated to the Supreme Court?
2. In Chapter 5 when Ginsburg's Supreme Court nomination was considered, how many senators asked her about the ACLU?
3. When did Marty tell Ginsburg that she needed to see a personal trainer?
4. What president nominated Ginsburg as his Supreme Court nominee?
5. What cancer did O'Connor survive?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did a justice say about the case of 13-year-old Arizona student Savana Redding?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what did Ginsburg not wish to allow to stop her from her personal training?
3. What pleased Johnson about how Ginsburg's personal training sessions had helped her?
4. What did Ginsburg suggest be done with the case Bush v. Gore and why?
5. How and when was Ginsburg confirmed as a judge on the D.C. circuit appeals court?
6. In 1992, how was overturning Roe v. Wade avoided?
7. What did Ginsburg say about her mother when she thanks Clinton for her nomination to the Supreme Court?
8. What was the chief advice that Ginsburg received from her husband throughout her life?
9. What colleagues did Ginsburg lose in 2005 and why?
10. What was Marty's role in getting Ginsburg nominated as an associate justice for the Supreme Court?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Bill Clinton nominated Ginsburg to the Supreme Court. Why was there controversy over her nomination? Why was she controversial with feminists and with conservatives? Why were people worried about her political stances?
Essay Topic 2
A spoiler in literature is an element in a written work that reveals plot elements or content. What are some titles of chapters? How do those titles indicate what will happen in a chapter? Are the chapter titles spoilers?
Essay Topic 3
Feminists were sometimes frustrated with Ginsburg’s view toward change. How did Ginsburg believe that change needed to happen, and why did she believe that? Why did her views about change frustrate feminists?
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