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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 6, what play did Ginsburg and her husband see on Broadway where people stood when they saw Ginsburg and applauded?
(a) Cats.
(b) Riverdance.
(c) Proof.
(d) Rent.

2. In Chapter 6 when Marty was working to establish himself at his law firm and Ginsburg was woking, at what time did they agree to try to be home for dinner?
(a) 7:30 p.m.
(b) 7 p.m.
(c) 8 p.m.
(d) 6:30 p.m.

3. In Chapter 8, when did Alito write that Ledbetter should have filed a charge of discrimination after each allegedly discriminatory employment decision was made?
(a) 90 days.
(b) 240 days.
(c) 360 days.
(d) 180 days.

4. In Chapter 5, what year did a man graduate from VMI who was glad about the decision to admit women and he hoped his daughter might consider it?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1966.

5. When was Sotomayer nominated to the Supreme Court?
(a) June 21, 2009.
(b) May 26, 2009.
(c) March 9, 2009.
(d) April 11, 2009.

Short Answer Questions

1. What president nominated Ginsburg as his Supreme Court nominee?

2. When did George W. Bush sign a new federal partial-birth abortion ban into law?

3. When did Ginsburg go white-water rafting in Coloardo?

4. When was Ginsburg interviewed for a federal district court judge position in Chapter 5?

5. When was Ginsburg nominated as an associate justice for the Supreme Court?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way were the marriages of the Ginsburgs and the Wiesenfelds alternative?

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

3. Who wrote that Ginsburg was frail, and how did Marty respond to the journalist?

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

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

6. Who advised Ginsburg to see a personal trainer?

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

8. What would Ginsburg tell her clerks was the most important job requirement?

9. Why did Lilly Ledbetter bring a case against Goodyear Tire?

10. 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?

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