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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. In what year was the VRA first put into effect?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1960.

2. Who was Ginsburg’s biggest booster?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her father.

3. Although the judiciary branch does not possess either the purse or the sword, they do possess what two things?
(a) Reason and judgment.
(b) Humility and loyalty.
(c) Intelligence and humor.
(d) Wealth and might.

4. 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.

5. What does Ginsburg think about inherent differences between men and women?
(a) They do not exist.
(b) They are embarrassing.
(c) They should be celebrated.
(d) They should be ignored.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Supreme Court, unlike the political branches of government, is what kind of institution?

2. What makes judges unlike legislators?

3. Why does segregation in many schools still exist?

4. How old is the U.S. Constitution at the time Ginsburg mentions its age in a speech?

5. One of Ginsburg’s professors, Robert E. Cushman, called to his students’ attention the injustices of what organization?

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