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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 (American Rights and Values and Equal Justice Under the Law).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A justice contemplating publication of a separate writing, should always ask herself what question?
(a) Is this Constitutional?
(b) Who is my audience?
(c) Is this dissent or concurrence really necessary?
(d) Will others take me seriously?

2. Some studies suggest that which profession is one of the most unhappy and unhealthy on the face of the earth?
(a) Finance.
(b) Legal.
(c) Government.
(d) Teaching.

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

4. Although security is important, what else does Ginsburg say must be preserved, in times of terror?
(a) Federal rights.
(b) Individual rights.
(c) State rights.
(d) Religious rights.

5. What does Ginsburg consider probably the most important [recent case], in that the Court had an opportunity to stop making elections turn on who can raise the most money?
(a) United Front.
(b) Citizens United.
(c) Americans United.
(d) United Friends of America.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the hardest time for Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court?

2. How does Ginsburg feel about women arguing every kind of case that comes before the court?

3. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?

4. Who did Ginsburg consider the most intelligent person she ever knew?

5. From where does the Supreme Court’s power come?

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