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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law (The Supreme Court and Women and the Law).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ginsburg feel about women arguing every kind of case that comes before the court?
(a) It makes her laugh.
(b) It gives her great pleasure.
(c) It worries her.
(d) It frustrates her.

2. What word is never used in the Constitution but is a burning problem?
(a) Illegal aliens.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) Feminism.

3. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?
(a) Yes, in theory.
(b) Yes, most definitely.
(c) Maybe.
(d) No.

4. Who have benefited enormously from Ginsburg’s work?
(a) Both men and women.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

5. According to the author, even when she is writing a dissent, Ginsburg’s words can be what?
(a) Both powerful and damning.
(b) Both subtle and submissive.
(c) Both interesting and intelligent.
(d) Both outrageous and right.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Justice Ginsburg consistently call?

2. Ginsburg only became engaged with the women’s rights movement at what time?

3. What is the basic statement in the Declaration of Independence that all persons are equally entitled to fundamental human rights?

4. According to Ginsburg’s husband, who was a law school teacher, whose hand would shout up first to answer a question?

5. Until what year, was there the excuse that citizens who had no vote, no voice in making laws, had no business administering, enforcing, or interpreting them?

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