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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 2015, how many push-ups could Ginsburg do by taking a break halfway through?
(a) 16.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

3. When was the majority opinion assigned to Ginsburg for the case against the Virginia Military Institute's refusal to admit women in Chapter 5?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1996.

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) 1993.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1991.

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

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

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

8. When did Alito as a lower court judge declare that it was constitutional to make women have to notify their husbands if they were getting an abortion?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1993.

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

10. In Chapter 9, how long had Ginsburg had the same personal trainer?
(a) About 15 years.
(b) Almost two decades.
(c) 17 years.
(d) 10 years.

11. When was it ruled that people of African descent were property and could never be citizens?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1855.

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

13. When was the case Bush v. Gore before the Supreme Court?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2000.

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

15. How many cases a year was the Supreme Court asked to hear in Chapter 5?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 11,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how many dishes did Ginsburg remember that she could cook?

2. When did Marty die?

3. How old was Sandra Day O'Connor when she retired?

4. When was Sotomayer nominated to the Supreme Court?

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

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