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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1978, what percent of students enrolled at Harvard Law school were women?

2. When did Ginsberg marry her husband Marty?

3. How many times did Ginsburg fail her driving test before passing?

4. In Chapter 1, what jabot would Ginsburg wear as her dissent collar?

5. When Ginsburg became a professor at Columbia, how many years had the school been in existence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was the image of Ginsburg on social media different from the typical portrayal of older women?

3. How did Kathleen Peratis describe Ginsburg?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. How did Marty and Ginsburg start going together?

9. What was the inspiration for calling Ginsburg notorious?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book Notorious R.B.G. is designed with many illustrations, photographs, charts, and other visual helps. What seems to be the intended audience? Why is the design of the book important in reaching the intended audience of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Ginsburg worked in a Social Security office when her husband was stationed at Fort Sill. What injustice did Ginsburg see when she worked with clients? How did she try to combat that injustice?

Essay Topic 3

Ginsburg got a job when her husband was stationed in Oklahoma. Why was it unusual for a woman to work if she was pregnant or had a child? What is conveyed about women’s roles at the time through Ginsburg’s experiences then and when she was in law school?

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