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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 2010, how many years did Ginsburg say that she devoted her life to litigating cases about the equal citizenship stature of men and women?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

2. What time was curfew when Gingsburg attended Cornell as an undergraduate?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 11 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

3. When did Felix Frankfurter rule that allowing women to bartend would "give rise to moral and social problems" (53)?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1946.

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

5. When was Ginsburg asked to teach the first-ever Rutgers class on women and the law?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Gwendolyn Hoyt challenge the all-male jury that convicted her of murder?

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?

3. How old was Ginsburg when her mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer?

4. In Chapter 1, when did Ginsburg have surgery to place a stent into her right coronary artery?

5. What type of law did Marty Ginsburg practice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Kathleen Peratis describe Ginsburg?

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

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

4. What did the author learn about Ginsburg as they wrote the book?

5. What comments did Ginsburg make about men and women at the 25th anniversary of women at Harvard Law School in 1978?

6. What was the first case that Ginsburg argued before the Supreme Court?

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

8. What book did Ginsburg co-write in 1961, and how did it affect her life?

9. What were some women complaining about in letters in Chapter 4 that the New Jersey branch of the American Civil Liberties Union asked Ginsburg to look at?

10. What was the inspiration for calling Ginsburg notorious?

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