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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the uniform crocheted white ring that was one of Ginsburg's favorite collars purchased?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Australia.
(d) South Africa.

2. When did the Ginsburgs take a vacation to the Virgin Islands?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1981.

3. What was Ginsburg's favorite snack in Chapter 6?
(a) Prunes.
(b) Lemon cookies.
(c) Shortbread cookies.
(d) Clementines.

4. When did Congress pass a Civil Rights Act that overruled some restrictive decisions including the one in Ledbetter v. Goodyear in Chapter 8?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1991.

5. In Chapter 5, how many cases did the Supreme Court take in a year?
(a) Around 55.
(b) 80.
(c) About 75.
(d) 95.

6. In Chapter 8 in the Ledbetter v. Goodyear case, what Title did Ginsburg believe the court was interpreting incorrectly?
(a) Title V.
(b) Title VII.
(c) Title IV.
(d) Title VI.

7. When did Ginsburg believe that technology would take care of the rest of the conflict over abortion?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1997.

8. What did Ginsburg say was her favorite artist in Chapter 9?
(a) Matisse.
(b) Ben Cunningham.
(c) Max Weber.
(d) Josef Alberts.

9. What did Ginsburg and Scalia share a love for?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Country music.
(c) Chartres.
(d) Opera.

10. In Chapter 8, when did a bill to undo the Supreme Court's damage to antidiscrimination law die in a Republican Senate?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2008.

11. When did Ginsburg cook her last meal in Chapter 6?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1980.

12. When did Republicans and Democrats come together to declare that the Voting Rights Acts was still necessary in Chapter 8?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2008.

13. When was Ginsburg nominated as an associate justice for the Supreme Court?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1991.

14. 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) 70.
(b) 85.
(c) 75.
(d) 80.

15. When Lilly Ledbetter received a paper showing the salaries of men's salaries at Goodyear Tire, how much more were the men making than she was in Chapter 8?
(a) $18,500.
(b) Around $15,000.
(c) About $17,000.
(d) $16,750.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 2006-2007 term, how many dissents did Ginsburg read?

2. In Chapter 5, what year did a man graduate from VMI who was glad about the decision to admit women and he hoped his daughter might consider it?

3. How much did Gerald Gunther, Ginsburg's Columbia Law professor, bet that Ginsburg would be known as open-minded not as a radical in Chapter 5?

4. How old was Savana Redding, an Arizona student, who was strip searched at her school?

5. In Chapter 6 when Marty was working to establish himself at his law firm and Ginsburg was woking, at what time did they agree to try to be home for dinner?

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