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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. How long were Ginsburg and her husband married?
2. When did the Johnson administration add sex discrimination to the list of sins that could cause a school to lose its federal funding?
3. What type of law did Marty Ginsburg practice?
4. When was Ginsburg nominated to the Supreme Court?
5. When was the 25th anniversary of women at Harvard Law School celebrated?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did a female letter carrier write to the ACLU in 1971?
2. How was the image of Ginsburg on social media different from the typical portrayal of older women?
3. What was the inspiration for calling Ginsburg notorious?
4. When and why did Ginsburg think about what would make her mother happy and then strive to make her mother happy?
5. What did the timeline in Chapter 2 cover?
6. What job was Ginsburg offered in 1972, and under what conditions did she accept?
7. What was the expectation for young Jewish men ahnd women when Ginsburg graduated from high school?
8. What was the first case that Ginsburg argued before the Supreme Court?
9. What book did Ginsburg co-write in 1961, and how did it affect her life?
10. What were times that people thought Ginsburg would retire from the Supreme Court, and how did she prove them wrong?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?
Essay Topic 2
The book was written by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik. What role did the co-authors play in writing the book? Why was it necessary to have co-authors?
Essay Topic 3
Ginsburg and Marty were married for over 50 years. What is conveyed about marriage as a partnership through their relationship?
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