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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 did justices override elected officials to strike down a major portion of a law that helped people have access to the ballot in Shelby County v. Holder?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2015.

2. When did Ginsburg go white-water rafting in Coloardo?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1994.

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

4. When did Congress pass a Civil Rights Act that overruled some restrictive decisions including the one in Ledbetter v. Goodyear in Chapter 8?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1993.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who received an honorary degree at Harvard at the same time that Ginsburg received an honorary degree from the institution?

2. When was Sonia Sotomayor nominated to the Supreme Court?

3. In Chapter 6, for how many years did Ginsburg spend as the major caretaker of her home and her child while Marty worked to become a partner in a New York law firm?

4. Who also trained with Ginsburg's trainer?

5. In Chapter 8 in the Ledbetter v. Goodyear case, what Title did Ginsburg believe the court was interpreting incorrectly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did a 1967 graduate of VMI write to Ginsburg after the case United States v. Virginia?

2. Why did Ginsburg believe in 1993 that technology would end the rest of the conflict over abortion, and why did technology not end the conflict?

3. What activities did Ginsburg enjoy that contradicted her image as a formal, cold person?

4. What did Ginsburg say about her mother when she thanks Clinton for her nomination to the Supreme Court?

5. What was Marty's role in getting Ginsburg nominated as an associate justice for the Supreme Court?

6. What did Ginsburg's law clerk, Alisa Klein, say about Ginsburg's answer to pointed questions during her nomination hearing?

7. What was life like in New York when Mary was working to establish himself at his law firm?

8. In 1992, how was overturning Roe v. Wade avoided?

9. What was Bryant Johnson's background?

10. What did Ginsburg suggest be done with the case Bush v. Gore and why?

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