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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Marty Ginsburg die?
(a) April 19, 2010.
(b) July 18, 2010.
(c) June 27, 2010.
(d) May 1, 2010.

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

3. 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) 9 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 3 months.

4. What color was the sign that Brenda Feigen hung on the door of the WRP's territory at the ACLU offices?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

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

6. Where did Brenda Feign graduate from law school?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

7. How many pushups could Ruth Bader Ginsburg do according to the "Authors' Note"?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

8. Where did Ginsburg grow up?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Maine.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Chicago.

9. When did Justic Paul Stevens retire?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2008.

10. 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) 2 or 3 a.m.
(d) 1 a.m.

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

12. 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?
(a) 5 out of 6.
(b) 3 out of 4.
(c) 9 out of 10.
(d) 7 out of 8.

13. When did Felix Frankfurter rule that allowing women to bartend would "give rise to moral and social problems" (53)?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1948.

14. 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.

15. Since when was the Equal Rights Amendment introduced in every session of Congress?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1923.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first full-time employee of the ACLU Women's Rights Project (WRP)?

2. When was Sandra Day O'Connor nominated to be the first woman on the Supreme Court?

3. How much did Ginsburg's mother save for her daughter's college education?

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

5. In 1978, what percent of students enrolled at Harvard Law school were women?

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