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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Civil Liberties: Free to Be You and Me (The History of the Women's Rights Movement, The Rights of Women, and Reproductive Rights).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did Ginsburg receive her undergraduate degree?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

2. What were the years that Ginsburg describes as hopeless, in regard to the women's rights movement?
(a) The '50s, '60s, and '70s.
(b) The '40s, '50s, and '60s.
(c) The '20s, '30s, and '40s.
(d) The '60s, '70s, and '80s.

3. What does Ginsburg call pregnancy discrimination?
(a) The Baby Issue.
(b) The Female Reproductive Issue.
(c) The Reproductive Problem.
(d) The Pregnancy Problem.

4. What does Ginsburg say is the difference between a New York City garment district bookkeeper and a Supreme Court justice?
(a) A few blocks.
(b) Several years of education.
(c) One generation.
(d) There is no difference.

5. What is the basic statement in the Declaration of Independence that all persons are equally entitled to fundamental human rights?
(a) The Seven Articles.
(b) The last few Amendments.
(c) The Bill of Rights.
(d) The Preamble.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ginsburg judge the past?

2. Why does Ginsburg believe Supreme court judges are infallible?

3. What does Ginsburg consider herself, regarding her interpretation of the Constitution?

4. According to Ginsburg, to make sure that the judges are not infusing their own beliefs and ideas into the constitutional text, how should the law be read?

5. Which Amendment does Ginsburg believe is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete?

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