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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what image was on stamps of early mailings from the ACLU Women's Rights Project?
(a) Playboy Bunny.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) General Douglas MacArthur.
(d) Polar Bear.

2. In Chapter 4, what was the name of the man who was denied the same housing, medical, and dental benefits as other military spouses?
(a) William Phillips.
(b) Andrew Coulsen.
(c) Joseph Frontiero.
(d) Charles Vincent.

3. What country's legal system did Ginsburg write about at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Finnish.
(b) Swedish.
(c) Norweigian.
(d) Danish.

4. 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) 5 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 7 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Brenda Feign graduate from law school?

2. When was abolitionist feminist Sarah Grimke invited to sit in the Chief Justice's seat?

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

4. What time would Ginsburg leave her clerks voice mails with instructions in Chapter 1?

5. When did Felix Frankfurter rule that allowing women to bartend would "give rise to moral and social problems" (53)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ginsburg say in her dissent regarding killing the Voting Rights Act?

2. What did the timeline in Chapter 2 cover?

3. What was the inspiration for calling Ginsburg notorious?

4. Why was it a surprise for Ginsburg to learn that she was pregnant in 1965?

5. What were times that people thought Ginsburg would retire from the Supreme Court, and how did she prove them wrong?

6. What case did Ginsburg and Marty collaborate on?

7. What was the expectation for young Jewish men ahnd women when Ginsburg graduated from high school?

8. What salary was Ginsburg offered to teach civil procedure at Rugers, and why was the salary low?

9. How did Marty and Ginsburg start going together?

10. Why did Ginsburg skip lunch on the morning of January 17, 1973?

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