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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 Ginsburg became a professor at Columbia, how many years had the school been in existence?
(a) 146.
(b) 114.
(c) 138.
(d) 123.

2. Who became the director of the Women's Rights Project at the ACLU after Ginsburg?
(a) Kathleen Peratis.
(b) Lenora Lapidus.
(c) Ria Tabacco Mar.
(d) Brenda Feigen.

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

4. In Chapter 1, what jabot would Ginsburg wear as her dissent collar?
(a) Gold bib that resembles wings.
(b) Scalloped collar with glass beads.
(c) Yellow collar crocheted with pink edges
(d) Crocheted collar with gold chains.

5. In 1963, how many women in the United States had tenure-track positions at law schools?
(a) 3.
(b) 14.
(c) 9.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Marty Ginsburg die?

2. When did Columbia offer Ginsburg the opportunity to become the law school's first tenured female professor?

3. Where was a woman denied the right to administer her dead son's estate in Chapter 4?

4. What instrument did Gingsburg play in high school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the inspiration for calling Ginsburg notorious?

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

3. What case did Ginsburg and Marty collaborate on?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did a female letter carrier write to the ACLU in 1971?

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