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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did radical feminisits hold the first-ever abortion speak-out in a church basement?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1967.

2. In 1978, what percent of students enrolled at Harvard Law school were women?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 45.
(d) 40.

3. When did Ginsburg help draft the Pregnancy Discrimination Act?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1978.

4. Where did Captain Susan Struck, an air force nurse, volunteer for duty?
(a) Korea.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Vietnam.

5. 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) William Phillips.
(b) Charles Vincent.
(c) Andrew Coulsen.
(d) Joseph Frontiero.

6. What time was curfew when Gingsburg attended Cornell as an undergraduate?
(a) 11 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 10 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

7. When did Columbia offer Ginsburg the opportunity to become the law school's first tenured female professor?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1971.

8. When was Marty Ginsburg diagnosed with cancer?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1957.

9. What jewelry did Ginsburg wear when she appeared before the Supreme Court in Chapter 4?
(a) Her aunt's earrings.
(b) Her mother's pearls.
(c) Her mother's pin and earrings.
(d) Her grandmother's earrings.

10. Who announced the opinion for Shelby County v. Holder in Chapter 1?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Sotomayor.
(c) Scalia.
(d) Kagan.

11. What country's legal system did Ginsburg write about at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Danish.
(b) Swedish.
(c) Finnish.
(d) Norweigian.

12. In 1963, how many women in the United States had tenure-track positions at law schools?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

13. When did Ginsburg become pregnant with her second child?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1965.

14. When did the Supreme Court rule for Sally Reed in Chapter 4?
(a) September 29, 1971.
(b) December 19, 1971.
(c) November 22, 1971.
(d) October 3, 1971.

15. What instrument did Gingsburg play in high school?
(a) Flute.
(b) Cello.
(c) Clarinet.
(d) Violin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the justices claim that excluding pregnancy from a disability plan was not discrimination against women?

2. In the "Authors' Note," when did Irin Carmon interview Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

3. When was the ACLU's Women's Rights Project established with Brenda Feigen and Ginsburg?

4. In Chapter 3, how long did Ginsburg clerk for Federal judge Palmieri?

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

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