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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. When was Ginsburg nominated to the Supreme Court?
(a) May 11, 1993.
(b) July 29, 1993.
(c) June 14, 1993.
(d) April 24, 1993.

2. In Chapter 3, how long did Ginsburg clerk for Federal judge Palmieri?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. How many pushups could Ruth Bader Ginsburg do according to the "Authors' Note"?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

4. When did the Supreme Court rule for Sally Reed in Chapter 4?
(a) September 29, 1971.
(b) December 19, 1971.
(c) November 22, 1971.
(d) October 3, 1971.

5. In the "Authors' Note," when did Irin Carmon interview Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
(a) March 2014.
(b) June 2013.
(c) February 2015.
(d) April 2016.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Gingsburg play in high school?

2. When did the Johnson administration add sex discrimination to the list of sins that could cause a school to lose its federal funding?

3. In Chapter 1, what jabot would Ginsburg wear as her dissent collar?

4. In 2010, how many years did Ginsburg say that she devoted her life to litigating cases about the equal citizenship stature of men and women?

5. In 1978, what percent of students enrolled at Harvard Law school were women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the inspiration for calling Ginsburg notorious?

2. In Chapter 1, 40 years before Ginsburg sat on the Supreme Court, what cases did she argue and what success did she have in spite of obstacles she faced?

3. When and why did Ginsburg think about what would make her mother happy and then strive to make her mother happy?

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

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

6. What job was Ginsburg offered in 1972, and under what conditions did she accept?

7. How did Ginsburg become a co-counsel on the case Reed v. Reed?

8. How did Marty and Ginsburg start going together?

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

10. How did Ginsburg urge her fellow feminists to seek change and why?

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