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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. What is missing from the 1787 Constitution and from the Bill of Rights?
(a) Citizens are protected from unreasonable search and seizure.
(b) The right to bear arms.
(c) The equality guarantee.
(d) Freedom of speech.

2. To what did President Bill Clinton nominate Ginsburg?
(a) The Supreme Court.
(b) District Attorney.
(c) The Court of Appeals.
(d) Federal Court.

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. Why does Ginsburg see the Constitution as a remarkable institution?
(a) It was created by intelligent, educated men.
(b) It clearly includes equality for women and minorities.
(c) It was written so elegantly.
(d) It rejects the patriarchal power of kings.

5. Women were not on the bench in numbers, on the federal bench, until what president?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Calvin Coolidge.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Ginsburg begin the Women’s Rights Project?

2. In what year was the VRA first put into effect?

3. How does Ginsburg say we can fight darkness and inhumanity?

4. 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?

5. What is an activist judge, according to Ginsburg?

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