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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what was the name of the man who was denied the same housing, medical, and dental benefits as other military spouses?
(a) Charles Vincent.
(b) Joseph Frontiero.
(c) Andrew Coulsen.
(d) William Phillips.

2. When did Stephen Wiesenfeld write a letter to the editor about Social Security inequality?
(a) September 3, 1972.
(b) December 18, 1972.
(c) November 27, 1972.
(d) October 11, 1972.

3. When did Alito as a lower court judge declare that it was constitutional to make women have to notify their husbands if they were getting an abortion?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1995.

4. When was it ruled that people of African descent were property and could never be citizens?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1858.

5. When was the ACLU's Women's Rights Project established with Brenda Feigen and Ginsburg?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1970.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ginsburg's nomination to the Supreme Court reached the Senate floor in Chapter 5, how many senators voted against her?

2. In Chapter 5, since what president has it been possible for a woman to be on the Supreme Court?

3. Who received an honorary degree at Harvard at the same time that Ginsburg received an honorary degree from the institution?

4. When did George W. Bush sign a new federal partial-birth abortion ban into law?

5. What company had once made all women quit when they married and then excluded pregnancy coverage on its employee plan was sued by its female employees in the 1970s?

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