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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 many times did Ginsburg fail her driving test before passing?

2. What nickname did Ginsburg older sister give her when Ginsburg was a child?

3. When did Ginsburg begin teaching at Rutgers School of Law?

4. How long were Ginsburg and her husband married?

5. What time would Ginsburg leave her clerks voice mails with instructions in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Kathleen Peratis describe Ginsburg?

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

4. Why was it a surprise for Ginsburg to learn that she was pregnant in 1965?

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

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

7. What was the inspiration for calling Ginsburg notorious?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A case Shelby County v. Holder eroded the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). How did the case Shelby County v. Holder erode the VRA? Why did Ginsburg believe the case and the ruling were so detrimental to voting rights?

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 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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