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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. How does Ginsburg feel about generalizations about the way women or men are?
(a) Fearful or suspicious.
(b) Not concerned.
(c) Angry.
(d) Perfectly comfortable.

2. What does Ginsburg say about special treatment towards women?
(a) It has kept them away from equal opportunity for so long.
(b) It should assumed that women deserve special treatment.
(c) Women need more special treatment.
(d) Special treatment is bringing women closer to equality with men.

3. Ginsburg says that, in one sense, their mission in the 1970s regarding gender equality was easy. Why?
(a) Ginsburg and her female colleagues were smarter than their male counterparts.
(b) There was nothing subtle about the way things were.
(c) Everyone was ready for change.
(d) Most men sided with the feminists.

4. Who sought to educate the U.S. Supreme Court, step by step, about the pernicious effects of race discrimination?
(a) Harriet Tubman.
(b) Ella Fitzgerald.
(c) Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

5. Does Ginsburg believe it is ideology that keeps lawyers from helping to repair tears in their communities, nation, and world?
(a) Yes, in general.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Often.
(d) No, not in general.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Ginsburg endure discrimination?

3. When does Ginsburg say it is appropriate for the Supreme Court to step in?

4. Where did Ginsburg go in the summers of '62 and '63 that changed her mind regarding the women's rights movement?

5. What consequence can not be administered with an even hand?

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