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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did Ginsburg receive her undergraduate degree?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

2. According to Ginsburg, what did the Founding Fathers think about human rights?
(a) Human rights were subjective.
(b) Human rights were only for while males.
(c) Human rights were only for the educated.
(d) Human rights were natural rights.

3. Why does Ginsburg believe the law exists?
(a) To restrict society.
(b) To teach society.
(c) To control society.
(d) To govern society.

4. Why did Ginsburg live in Fort Sill, Oklahoma for a short time?
(a) Martin was stationed there during the Korean War.
(b) She has close family there.
(c) She has always loved the state of Oklahoma.
(d) This is where she received her first law clerk position.

5. Who said, “If Ruth and I came of age in a time when there was no discrimination against women, we would be retired partners in a major law firm”?
(a) Florence Allen.
(b) Martin Ginsburg.
(c) Sandra Day O’Connor.
(d) Celia Bader.

Short Answer Questions

1. Women have played important roles regarding law, according to what sources?

2. The Supreme Court, unlike the political branches of government, is what kind of institution?

3. Who was Ginsburg’s biggest booster?

4. What does Ginsburg believe Thomas Jefferson would do regarding how the idea of equality has expanded over the decades?

5. Who did the Founding Father believe bestowed human rights?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ginsburg believe about the future of her dissents?

2. How did Ginsburg and the Women's Rights Project go about dismantling discrimination laws?

3. What are the hardest cases for Ginsburg and why does she believe she must still be involved in them?

4. What does Ginsburg say about our common law system of adjudication and settling matters?

5. What reason does Ginsburg give for why the press seldom talks about the high level of agreement among all of the justices?

6. Why does Ginsburg involve herself in death penalty cases?

7. What concerns Ginsburg regarding feminism and feminist legal theory, in particular?

8. What does Ginsburg say is the one key to both her and Justice O’Connor’s opinions?

9. Why does Ginsburg consider the current conservative Court to be filled with activist judges?

10. How was Martin Ginsburg unlike the average male Cornell undergraduate?

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