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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: A Life of Her Own and Milestones.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does segregation in many schools still exist?
(a) The law has not completely changed for educational institutions.
(b) Geographical boundaries left over from segregation still remain.
(c) Many small towns still support segregation, but in a quiet way so as to not catch the attention of the federal government.
(d) Many families are happy with the segregated schools their children attend.

2. Where and when was Ginsburg born?
(a) Queens in 1943.
(b) Brooklyn in 1933.
(c) Boston in 1933.
(d) Chicago in 1923.

3. What is the problem with the wording, "Equality under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex”?
(a) It is prejudice.
(b) It does not include all people.
(c) People will eagerly break this law.
(d) People can distort its meaning.

4. Who told Ginsburg she should change the wording from 'sex' to 'gender'?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her secretary at Columbia Law School.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her husband.

5. What is NOT a way that laws once governed women in the workplace, according to Ginsburg's quotes?
(a) Laws prescribed the time of day women were allowed to work.
(b) Laws barred women from dangerous or inappropriate occupations.
(c) Laws prescribed the maximum number of a woman could work.
(d) Laws regarding required education for women.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Justice Ginsburg consistently call?

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

3. What important role does Ginsburg think the press has played regarding the government?

4. Why was it considered okay for women to be left out of jury duty?

5. What does Ginsburg think about the schools that openly take race into consideration when looking at student applications?

(see the answer key)

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