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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law (The Supreme Court and Women and the Law).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Women were not on the bench in numbers, on the federal bench, until what president?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

2. What was the breakthrough on the United States Supreme Court?
(a) The appointment of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
(b) The appointment of Justice Florence Allen.
(c) The retirement of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
(d) The appointment of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

3. What is far more important than the particular individuals who compose the Court’s bench at any given time?
(a) The other legislative branches.
(b) The President of the United States.
(c) North America.
(d) The institution Ginsburg and her colleagues serve.

4. Does Ginsburg believe an Equal Rights Amendment is a cure-all?
(a) Most likely yes.
(b) Yes.
(c) Possibly.
(d) No.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recognized Ginsburg’s keen sense of justice when he appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit?

2. Every modern human rights document has what statement?

3. What did Ginsburg’s husband admire most about her?

4. In Ginsburg’s growing up years, to what could a girl aspire, if she wanted to have a career?

5. Some studies suggest that which profession is one of the most unhappy and unhealthy on the face of the earth?

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