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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1958.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what injury did not prevent Ginsburg from keeping her twice-weekly personal training session?
(a) Sprained knee.
(b) Bruised hip.
(c) Cracked rib.
(d) Bruised back.

3. When Ginsburg's nomination to the Supreme Court reached the Senate floor in Chapter 5, how many senators voted against her?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

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

5. What would Marty bring each clerk on their birthday in Chapter 6?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Cake.
(c) Special dessert.
(d) Brownies.

6. In Chapter 5, since what president has it been possible for a woman to be on the Supreme Court?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) George H. W. Bush
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Gerald Ford.

7. In Chapter 6, how many dishes did Ginsburg remember that she could cook?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

8. What president nominated Ginsburg as his Supreme Court nominee?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Bill Clinton.

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

10. When did Marty begin teaching tax law at Columbia Law School?
(a) 1983.
(b) Late 1970s.
(c) Early 1980s.
(d) 1975.

11. In Chapter 6, what play did Ginsburg and her husband see on Broadway where people stood when they saw Ginsburg and applauded?
(a) Rent.
(b) Cats.
(c) Proof.
(d) Riverdance.

12. In Chapter 6, when was Marty told that he had metastatic cancer?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2008.

13. In Chapter 5, when was Ginsburg's image as a moderate set?
(a) March 1993.
(b) May 1993.
(c) April 1993.
(d) June 1993.

14. When did George W. Bush sign a new federal partial-birth abortion ban into law?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2001.

15. Who was Ginsburg's personal trainer?
(a) Derrick Inglut.
(b) Bryant Johnson.
(c) Ariel Bright.
(d) Errick McAdams.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When the Ginsburgs were stationed in Oklahoma, how far did they drive to hear a a performance by the Metropolitan Opera?

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

4. When did Marty tell Ginsburg that she needed to see a personal trainer?

5. When did Ginsburg go white-water rafting in Coloardo?

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