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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Supreme Court rule on Frontiero v. Richardson?
(a) June 23, 1973.
(b) April 11, 1973.
(c) March 3, 1973.
(d) May 14, 1973.

2. In Chapter 4 after Ginsburg spoke before the Supreme Court, how long would you have to wait to find out if they had been listening?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 9 months.

3. How old was Shana Knizhnik in 2013?
(a) 25.
(b) 22.
(c) 24.
(d) 23.

4. When did Ginsburg begin teaching at Rutgers School of Law?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1962.

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

6. What time would Ginsburg leave her clerks voice mails with instructions in Chapter 1?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) 4 or 5 a.m.
(c) 1 a.m.
(d) 2 or 3 a.m.

7. When was Sandra Day O'Connor nominated to be the first woman on the Supreme Court?
(a) August 19, 1981.
(b) June 30, 1981.
(c) September 17, 1981.
(d) July 2, 1981.

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

9. When Ginsburg became a professor at Columbia, how many years had the school been in existence?
(a) 146.
(b) 114.
(c) 138.
(d) 123.

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

11. In Chapter 1, what was the date?
(a) June 30, 2013.
(b) June 4, 2013.
(c) June 25, 2013.
(d) June 19, 2013.

12. How much did Ginsburg's mother save for her daughter's college education?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $12,000.
(d) $8,000.

13. When did Ginsburg meet with the creators of the Notorious R.B.G. in Chapter 1?
(a) December 2, 2014.
(b) December 19, 2014.
(c) December 30, 2014.
(d) December 10, 2014.

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

15. In Chapter 4, when did Ginsburg skip lunch?
(a) January 17, 1973.
(b) March 23, 1973.
(c) February 9, 1973.
(d) April 30, 1973.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Johnson administration add sex discrimination to the list of sins that could cause a school to lose its federal funding?

2. What instrument did Gingsburg play in high school?

3. In Chapter 1 when Ginsburg was presenting cases before the Supreme Court, how many cases did she win of those she argued for women's rights?

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

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

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