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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ginsburg’s husband admire most about her?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her kind heart.
(c) Her loud voice.
(d) Her strong will.

2. One of Ginsburg’s professors, Robert E. Cushman, called to his students’ attention the injustices of what organization?
(a) The Sierra Club.
(b) The House Un-American Activities Committee.
(c) The Anti-Communism Committee.
(d) The McCarthy Club.

3. What does Ginsburg believe was the founding fathers’ true purpose?
(a) To create and perpetuate the belief that men are stronger and more capable than women.
(b) To create and maintain a society where all citizens have equal stature before the law.
(c) To continue the belief that white men reign supreme.
(d) To conquer the entire Western Hemisphere.

4. Ginsburg only became engaged with the women’s rights movement at what time?
(a) When she became a member of the Supreme Court.
(b) When she lost her first civil rights case.
(c) When she was a student at Columbia.
(d) When she was a professor.

5. Who did Ginsburg consider the most intelligent person she ever knew?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recognized Ginsburg’s keen sense of justice when he appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit?

2. What phrase was Ginsburg known to say often?

3. To what did President Bill Clinton nominate Ginsburg?

4. Ginsburg became the first woman to join what prestigious group at Harvard?

5. Who was Ginsburg’s biggest booster?

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