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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. One of Ginsburg’s professors, Robert E. Cushman, called to his students’ attention the injustices of what organization?
(a) The Anti-Communism Committee.
(b) The McCarthy Club.
(c) The Sierra Club.
(d) The House Un-American Activities Committee.

2. What does Ginsburg believe Thomas Jefferson would do regarding how the idea of equality has expanded over the decades?
(a) He would not know what to think about it.
(b) He would argue against it.
(c) He would mock it.
(d) He would applaud it.

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

4. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?
(a) Yes, most definitely.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, in theory.
(d) Maybe.

5. How does Ginsburg say we can fight darkness and inhumanity?
(a) By joining hands with others of like mind.
(b) By closing the US borders.
(c) By taking shelter in the security of our own nation.
(d) By using U.S. military might to fight our foes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who have benefited enormously from Ginsburg’s work?

2. Why should the courts stay out of the business of evaluating the merits of religious groups?

3. For what does Justice Ginsburg consistently call?

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

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?

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