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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) $16,750.
(c) Around $15,000.
(d) About $17,000.

2. Who also trained with Ginsburg's trainer?
(a) Sotomayer.
(b) O'Connor.
(c) Scalia.
(d) Kagan.

3. For how long was Sandra Day O'Connor the only female justice during her time on the court?
(a) 17 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 15 years.

4. When did Marty die?
(a) May 3, 2010.
(b) July 18, 2010.
(c) April 30, 2010.
(d) June 27, 2010.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. How old was Sandra Day O'Connor when she retired?
(a) 75.
(b) 74.
(c) 81.
(d) 80.

11. When was Ginsburg interviewed for a federal district court judge position in Chapter 5?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1974.

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

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

14. In Chapter 5 when Ginsburg's Supreme Court nomination was considered, how many senators asked her about the ACLU?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) None.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Marty begin teaching tax law at Columbia Law School?

2. What type of class did O'Connor have in Chapter 9 that she basically required her female clerks to attend?

3. In Chapter 8, when did a bill to undo the Supreme Court's damage to antidiscrimination law die in a Republican Senate?

4. How many hours a week did Marty jokingly say that his job entailed at Fort Sill in Chapter 6?

5. When did Ginsburg go paddleboarding when she was in residence for a week at the University of Hawaii?

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