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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 8 in the Ledbetter v. Goodyear case, what Title did Ginsburg believe the court was interpreting incorrectly?
(a) Title V.
(b) Title VII.
(c) Title IV.
(d) Title VI.

2. In Chapter 8, when did a bill to undo the Supreme Court's damage to antidiscrimination law die in a Republican Senate?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2005.

3. What would Marty bring each clerk on their birthday in Chapter 6?
(a) Special dessert.
(b) Brownies.
(c) Cake.
(d) Cookies.

4. What president nominated Ginsburg as his Supreme Court nominee?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

5. When did Ginsburg cook her last meal in Chapter 6?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what injury did not prevent Ginsburg from keeping her twice-weekly personal training session?

2. In Chapter 9, when did Ginsburg usually have her personal training sessions?

3. When the Ginsburgs were stationed in Oklahoma, how far did they drive to hear a a performance by the Metropolitan Opera?

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

5. When did Ginsburg and Scalia take a trip to India?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who advised Ginsburg to see a personal trainer?

6. 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?

7. How important was opera to the Ginsburgs?

8. What did a justice say about the case of 13-year-old Arizona student Savana Redding?

9. How and when was Ginsburg confirmed as a judge on the D.C. circuit appeals court?

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

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