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

2. What does Ginsburg call pregnancy discrimination?
(a) The Pregnancy Problem.
(b) The Baby Issue.
(c) The Reproductive Problem.
(d) The Female Reproductive Issue.

3. What makes judges unlike legislators?
(a) Judges have to give reasons for every decision they make.
(b) Judges are not chosen by the people.
(c) Judges have achieved higher levels of education.
(d) Judges have better reasoning skills.

4. In a talk in 1978, Ginsburg says that Civil Rights laws do not prohibit discrimination on what basis?
(a) Religion.
(b) Race.
(c) National origin.
(d) Sex.

5. According to Ginsburg, to make sure that the judges are not infusing their own beliefs and ideas into the constitutional text, how should the law be read?
(a) Literally.
(b) Loosely.
(c) Figuratively.
(d) In a way that supports current public opinion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ginsburg's client, Stephen Wisenfeld, not apply for social security benefits as caretaker of a deceased wage earner's child?

2. A widely used property law casebook, in an edition published in 1968, offered what bit of comic relief?

3. Maintaining what is always difficult in times of terror, according to Ginsburg?

4. Why did Ginsburg live in Fort Sill, Oklahoma for a short time?

5. Where and when was Ginsburg born?

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