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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 8, when did Alito write that Ledbetter should have filed a charge of discrimination after each allegedly discriminatory employment decision was made?
(a) 90 days.
(b) 180 days.
(c) 360 days.
(d) 240 days.

2. When was Sonia Sotomayor nominated to the Supreme Court?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2008.

3. When was the case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby brought before the Supreme Court?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2013.

4. When did justices override elected officials to strike down a major portion of a law that helped people have access to the ballot in Shelby County v. Holder?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2012.

5. What did a Legal Times study in 1988 discover was the percentage of times that Ginsburg had voted with judge Robert Bork on cases they served together?
(a) 85.
(b) 80.
(c) 75.
(d) 70.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many votes are needed from justices to change the law?

2. When Ginsburg was a professor, how many maids were being laid off?

3. When was the majority opinion assigned to Ginsburg for the case against the Virginia Military Institute's refusal to admit women in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 6, what cookbook did Marty begin working through in Oklahoma?

5. In Chapter 9, when did Ginsburg usually have her personal training sessions?

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