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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 much did Ginsburg's mother save for her daughter's college education?

2. How much was Charles E. Moritz denied to be able to deduct on his taxes for hiring a caregiver for his mother?

3. When did the Johnson administration add sex discrimination to the list of sins that could cause a school to lose its federal funding?

4. In Chapter 3, how long did Ginsburg clerk for Federal judge Palmieri?

5. When did Gwendolyn Hoyt challenge the all-male jury that convicted her of murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comments did Ginsburg make about men and women at the 25th anniversary of women at Harvard Law School in 1978?

2. What case did Ginsburg and Marty collaborate on?

3. 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?

4. Why did a female letter carrier write to the ACLU in 1971?

5. How did Ginsburg urge her fellow feminists to seek change and why?

6. Why did Ginsburg skip lunch on the morning of January 17, 1973?

7. What was the first case that Ginsburg argued before the Supreme Court?

8. What was the expectation for young Jewish men ahnd women when Ginsburg graduated from high school?

9. What salary was Ginsburg offered to teach civil procedure at Rugers, and why was the salary low?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ginsburg and Marty were married for over 50 years. What is conveyed about marriage as a partnership through their relationship?

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

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or people?

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